Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None.
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I'm more of a people pleaser.
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I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this.
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I don't know many better training grounds than being mayor of San Francisco - those were pretty intense years in terms of reporting and scrutiny.
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I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.
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I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.
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Women and eating disorders have such a long history, but now I see it happening to gay men. And when it comes to anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphia, gay men are far worse than women. They take it way more seriously. 'Why diet when you can take crystal meth?'
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I went to a private girls' school where I was one out of five girls in the class who looked like me.
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I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in some kind of '80s revival now.
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However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel.
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The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.
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The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted exactly the same but completely different. I'd much rather just do something completely different, even if there's a risk of it going wrong.
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I think I definitely would have ended up in some kind of show business. I was very interested in music when I was younger. This was back when Crosby, Stills and Nash were around.
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Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
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Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.
