Rae Carson Quotes
When you write about faith, people will be upset with you no matter what. I've heard from readers who were disgusted with the depiction of monotheistic religion. I've also heard from readers who were upset because my portrayal of faith did not adhere to their specific doctrines. Fortunately, I have high risk tolerance.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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My health is fine.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every school should include food-growing in the curriculum. For some, that will mean twinning with willing farms. For others, it will mean literally building their own small farms.
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I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
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Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did.
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I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings. It's just now with computers that it has reached a new level.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They're lack of jobs, obesity, diabetes, homelessness, and lack of good education.
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When you write about faith, people will be upset with you no matter what. I've heard from readers who were disgusted with the depiction of monotheistic religion. I've also heard from readers who were upset because my portrayal of faith did not adhere to their specific doctrines. Fortunately, I have high risk tolerance.
