Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.
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I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.
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When I got my braces removed, I felt more like a real woman, any traces of my childhood were stripped, just like the cold metal that inhabited my mouth for 2 years.
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Sin is blatant mutiny against God.
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Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.
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I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.
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Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs,” sighed George, patting the heading of the map. “We owe them so much.” “Noble men, working tirelessly to help a new generation of law-breakers,” said Fred solemnly.
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I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz music. I still can't stand to listen to it.
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The reason I brought this is if I ran into those (expletives). They sued us ... (so) they should have a bit of honor.
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Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.
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Imagination is a sort of faint perception.
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Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.
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I don't paint to live, I live to paint.
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Actors have no color. That's the art form.
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Music became my refuge and then my salvation.
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The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.
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Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known, but is a restless spirit, ever pressing forward towards the regions of the unknown, and endeavouring to lay under contribution for the special purpose in hand the knowledge acquired in all portions of the wide field of exact science. Lastly, it acts as a check, as well as a stimulus, sifting the value of the evidence, and rejecting that which is worthless, and restraining too eager flights of the imagination and too hasty conclusions.
