Norma Fox Mazer Quotes
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
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Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.
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History will treat me right.
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
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There's a very wild side to me, but it's calming down.
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On the simplest level, telecommuting makes it harder for people to have the kinds of informal interactions that are crucial to the way knowledge moves through an organization. The role that hallway chat plays in driving new ideas has become a cliche of business writing, but that doesn't make it less true.
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When I think about that first DeBarge album, I remember being so green... just pristine. Nothing mattered to me but writing songs. I remember staying locked up in a room with my piano and just singing and writing songs all day long. I remember being a perfectionist about it... wanting to change this and fix that.
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A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right.
