D. H. Lawrence Quotes
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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There are those who seem to feel they have no choice about being jerks in the present because they had a crappy childhood. Well, that's the definition of childhood; nobody gets out alive. You either get stronger from what you experience, or you turn it into a crutch, an excuse, a dodge.
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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find the courage to change that. I think change is extremely hard for people.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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I'm a liberal, but I think there's so much that the private sector can do and does do.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
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I am the character you are not supposed to like.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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In order to help small businesses gain access to the credit and capital they need to run their business successfully, Congress must adopt policies that support functional capital markets without imposing undue restrictions on providers of debt and equity capital.
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The dead don't die. They look on and help.
