William Ewart Napier Quotes
In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.
Quotes to Explore
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise.
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I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon.
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With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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I come from a poor family, so really, the culture I know best is the street, TV, school.
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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I've played quite a large spectrum of teenaged girls, from psychotic to very sweet to a polygamist.
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As a model, I am at the mercy of everybody else. It's much more of a situation where I go to work, put the clothes on, get in front of the camera, and then go home. But in that process, I never really have control over any of it.
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Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.
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Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
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Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.
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Sometimes you have to understand your place.
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There is a perception in our communities that we have low educational outcomes in low-income communities because kids aren't motivated or families don't care. We've discovered that is not the case.
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In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really delve into the minutia of an alternate society and its politics; a large cast of characters to love and hate.
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Just when you think you’ve got Arranged figured out, time and again Catherine McKenzie delivers the flawless, unexpected twist that keeps you glued to the book.
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I have teken refuge in the doctrine that advises one not to seek tranquility in certainty but in permanently suspended judgement.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
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We women adore failures. They lean on us.
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In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.
