Jade Puget Quotes
I could probably say a lot of things, but I'm not sure they'd be fit for publication.
Quotes to Explore
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?
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Citadel is a global technology leader, recognized for its work to level the playing field for investors and make markets more fair, transparent and efficient. I look forward to leading this exemplary team as we grow this global business.
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I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?
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I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.
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I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping.
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A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
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We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.
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Years ago I went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and did what all tourists there do: wrote some words on a scrap of paper that I tucked into a crevice in the wall. When I closed my eyes and touched my head to the warm stone, it came to me: "All language is prayer." This must be so. Who is it we are speaking to when we speak to anyone? To that person, and also past him or her to Out There. If there is language, it means there is the possibility of being heard, being met, being loved. And reaching out to be heard, met, or loved is a holy act. Language is holy.
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Don't worry whether or not I am now happy. Today is only chapter one, we have yet to write a book.
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Preposterous to say that to punish a certain act was not an abridgement of the liberty of doing that act.
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Only ignorance excuses stupidity
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The tech titans and the tech guys who I most admire are the ones behind the scenes.
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Golden Verses So-called because they are "good as gold." They are by some attributed to Epicarmos, and by others to Empedocles, but always go under the name of Pythagoras, and seem quite in accordance with the excellent precepts of that philosopher. They are as follows: Ne'er suffer sleep thine eyes to close Before thy mind hath run O'er every act, and thought, and word, From dawn to set of sun; For wrong take shame, but grateful feel If just thy course hath been; Such effort day by day renewed Will ward thy soul from sin. E. C. B.
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I could probably say a lot of things, but I'm not sure they'd be fit for publication.
