Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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On the Web, we can be whoever we wish to be, editing the face we show to others in ways that aren't possible in physical space. We can also fine-tune the complexity and depth of our interactions and relationships.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
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Tech companies tend to do tech best.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.
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It's all very well to say that everyone is beautiful just the way they are, but the truth is that sometimes I feel fat and ugly and I want to hide away forever.
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Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.
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You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.
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I would marry TiVo if President Bush would allow it.
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Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.
