Willie Parker Quotes
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I do have the sense that, although there may be no one way to write a novel, there are many novelists who are in fact part of some sort of larger literary community, whether in the form of a writing group or an MFA program, to name two of the more common forms.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.
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Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
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My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Beauty is boring because it is predictable.
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If it's an amazing role, I'll do anything.
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A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.
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Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from over work, but many who died from doubt.
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I think women love to read love stories.
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
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The problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!
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I want to be funny. When I first started writing, I didn't find my stories funny, but people kept saying they were. It kind of worried me; these are some pretty disturbing and sad pieces. Why do people think they're funny?
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There's a saying that you can't awaken somebody who's pretending to be asleep.
