Emily St. John Mandel Quotes
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You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
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I don't even see it as cable TV anymore. I've been called 'Larry the Cable Guy' for so long, I don't even think about it being about cable. I don't know anything about cable.
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What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't throw, and he doesn't catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he'll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
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There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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I would like to have a rematch against Fabricio Werdum.
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I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.
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Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.
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We were very fortunate to escape with a win over such a good team and a well-coached team.
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We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
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His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.
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Hope allows us to bid farewell to fear.
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It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape.
