Edward Jenks Quotes
What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain recognized, even by such a conservative class as legal officials.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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No, we are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... He has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.
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When I'm passionate about something, I just get excited.
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Everyone should just be exactly who they are.
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Strong women, that's who I really respect.
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I just love a girl in a hat. It's really sexy.
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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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I do find that people are incredibly naive about what it is to be a writer. Like you would pay an incredible amount of money for an MFA program and still not have the slightest idea of how one goes about becoming a writer. So, I'm always flabbergasted when people say, "Oh, I was invited to do a reading, but I'm not going to read because I don't have a book.".
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If I think too hard about a relationship, I'll talk myself out of it.
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I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.
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What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain recognized, even by such a conservative class as legal officials.
