George Washington Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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The special relationship between twins is that, if there's anyone else in the world that's going to get or be the confidant that you need, it's an identical twin.
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At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news story interesting because you can color it in that personality.
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My mom was very much the product of a very paternalistic, deep-southern culture, but also a repressed feminist. Her way of being defiant was to raise us to be rebellious ourselves - basically, the opposite of who she had to be in her own life.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.
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Doctors are kind of this shibboleth in our society. We know what they do, and we depend on them, but we don't know a lot about what it feels like from their side.
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Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.
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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
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Europe is kind of fragmented. Africa is nascent; we've made a few investments, including four in Egypt. I visit 50-60 cities and 20-25 countries a year. The intent is to be a global fund, which takes time and prioritization.
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You want to make a record that stands the test of time and that people enjoy.
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Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.
