Brady Udall Quotes
The life of a plural wife, she'd found, was a life lived under constant comparison, a life spent wondering. Sitting across from her sister-wives at Sunday dinner, the platters and serving dishes floating past like hovercraft, the questions were almost inescapable; Who of us is the most happy? Which of us is his one true love? Who does he desire the most?
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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History develops, art stands still.
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It's all well and good having a women's Tour de France - which I think we need and I think we should have. But I think we should slowly build it in and not just go 'Bam!' with three weeks over the same course and same length of time as the men's.
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Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
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Nihilism, then, is the end process of rationalism. It is man's self conscious will to destroy his past and control his future. It is modernity at its extreme.
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John – I’m trying to find the Island in the West. Sensible – You refer, no doubt to some aesthetic experience.
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I certify to Your Highnesses that in the world I believe that there are no better people nor better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and have a speech that is sweetest in the world, and mild and always laughing.
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Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
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Like many people, I had the powerful experience of being raised on Dr. Seuss, then becoming a parent and revisiting him with my own children. That multigenerational experience around his work is very meaningful.
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I'd like to be on the next 'Six Feet Under,' whatever that is.
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Every time I see a piano, I have this urge to play it.
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So many times, when you're doing a job, you feel like you're a nuisance at times to people, intruding on their space when you ask them questions; maybe they don't want to deal with you at the time. And now, it's, 'Hey, welcome, where's Craig?' Whereas, now, it's kind of different.
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When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.
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A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.
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Our products weren't getting some of the excitement they deserved because you were waiting on hold on the phone, or we missed an appointment.
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Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
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The life of a plural wife, she'd found, was a life lived under constant comparison, a life spent wondering. Sitting across from her sister-wives at Sunday dinner, the platters and serving dishes floating past like hovercraft, the questions were almost inescapable; Who of us is the most happy? Which of us is his one true love? Who does he desire the most?
