Jack McDevitt Quotes
(He was) tall and lean, an aristocrat by inclination, born into money and influence and never recovered.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at church for goofing off all the time: mocking the preacher, imitating people and the things they did. I later learned my mother used to be just as goofy as I was when she was younger. I mean, Eddie Murphy in 'Coming to America?' My hero.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
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Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides.
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I have never been a believer that nice clothes should only be for people with money.
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What the banking system needs is creditors who monitor risk and cut their exposure when that risk is too high. Unlike regulators, creditors and counterparties know the details of a deal and have their own money on the line.
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Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment.
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I hate the word 'break.' It's just a business deal at the end of the day so there's no such thing as giving a break.
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China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.
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(He was) tall and lean, an aristocrat by inclination, born into money and influence and never recovered.
