Bette Lord Quotes
What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul?
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!
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It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.
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The U.S. government has known since the early 1990s about Soviet-era smallpox weapons, and collected circumstantial evidence of programs elsewhere.
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In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story.
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Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.
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After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain.
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'Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past. But a man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in seeking to understand the past, if he is totally ignorant of the present...This faculty of understanding the living is, in very truth, the master quality of the historian.'
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It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.
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Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion.
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The colonel in charge of the London prison that I was in has told me that I would be hanged in any case, no matter what the outcome would be. Since I am fully aware of that, all I want to do is to clear up on the fundamental things that are wrong here.
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I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.
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Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others.
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What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul?
