Samuel Barnett Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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People take things so seriously.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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You can bend, but never break. Stay Unbreakable!
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I really believe that women have much easier access to their souls than men do. Because as men we're taught to wear masks, to drown out our emotions in competition and making money. Now women are being forced to do that too. But I admire their capacity to bear their spirituality so much more deeply than men.
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Leaving New York and friends is tough, and there are things about it I still really miss. But Montana is a great place to write.
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Republicans today have given the country conservatism in the spirit of Sarah Palin, whose ignorance about the world, contempt for expertise, and raw appeals to white identity politics presaged Trump's incendiary campaign.
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I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
