Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!"
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The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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That's something the head scarf, in a symbolic way, is meant to do in Arabic culture: it defines your relationship to your husband and the men of your family differently than your relationship to the average guy on the street you've never met.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply it to any number of neighborhoods in any number of cities.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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A guy like Benoit, he's really good and a lot like Dynamite. Dynamite, just because he was the original, was the best. But, you know, Benoit now is by far better. Dynamite Kid is nothing now.
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If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.
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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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I can create for others.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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I've always been interested in mindfulness and alternative ways of seeing the world.
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As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
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I believe in nourishment and having a balanced diet. I avoid bingeing and try and eat healthy, especially lots of amla, and drink lots and lots of water.
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In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way through a recipe, tasting, adjusting, engaging all the senses, can be a soothing release.
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One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.
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The Department of Energy is a critical component of our efforts to curtail climate change; that work will be less effective unless we collaboratively rebuild confidence in the agency and its programs.
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My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give audiences something to work with.
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You have a very poor neighborhood. You have students that are required to go to school. They have no money, no habit of work. What if you paid them in the afternoon to work in the clerical office or as the assistant librarian?
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New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world.
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Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!"
