Gail Godwin Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
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We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity.
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They had a person who was extremely proud that a number of the women had become doctors. And I wasn't interested.
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If Obama came by his liberalism in the faculty lounge, then sure, he can see it hasn't worked, and he can modify it. But if Obama got his formative ideas when he was very young, and if they are the result of his traumatic relationship with his father, then they are built into his psyche.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
