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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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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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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If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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The day I was born, my house burnt down; the day I left home, the Twin Towers burnt down; and I lived in a jungle in India at 15.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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There's this huge taboo around talking about money that we have as a society.
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That's so ridiculous. Go up the chain and find out where on earth they got that policy. They could be costing people a lot of money.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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(He was) tall and lean, an aristocrat by inclination, born into money and influence and never recovered.
