Constance Rourke Quotes
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
Yann Martel -
When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
Flannery O'Connor -
There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.
Manfred von Richthofen -
We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
Yitzhak Rabin -
It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families. This led to Wilhelm's editing and censoring many of the tales.
Jack Zipes -
What do we lose without wild animal acts at the circus? Absolutely nothing, except the opportunity to be haunted and heartbroken.
K. A. Applegate
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I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows.
Olivia Wilde -
As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.
T. D. Jakes -
When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between 'the accuser' and 'the accused,' there is no longer a victim or even an alleged victim - a flesh and blood person who was harmed by the violent act of another.
Jackson Katz -
I started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.
Carine Roitfeld -
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
F. H. Bradley -
If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.
Vidal Sassoon
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In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.
Ted Cruz -
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
Isaac D'Israeli -
While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Gail Devers -
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.
Kate Clinton -
The United States follows the pattern of men taking the financial risks even within a given field. Women physicians are three times as likely as men to work for the government or an HMO; men physicians are much more likely to be self-employed in a solo practice.
Warren Farrell -
I try to bring myself to every role. The last thing you want to seem like to other people is a talking head or an actor reading lines.
Krysten Ritter
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
Laura Schlessinger -
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
Jill Abramson -
There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.
Jo Bonner -
I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.
Jean Craighead George -
In a sense the whole American comic tradition had been that of social criticism.
Constance Rourke