Cynthia Lord Quotes
Jason tilts his head toward me, his hand moving slyly across his book. Stupid. Speech. Woman.
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We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind.
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Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.
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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
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Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
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I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily.
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I have a Facebook page for me and my friends and a Twitter page.
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My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
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The biographical novel sets out to document this truth, for character is plot, character development is action, and character fulfillment is resolution.
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There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.
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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.
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I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
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If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it, the beauty forsakes all the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
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A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.
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Jason tilts his head toward me, his hand moving slyly across his book. Stupid. Speech. Woman.
