Esther M. Friesner Quotes
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
Umberto Eco -
I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
H. G. Bissinger -
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
Oswald Spengler -
Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson -
Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
Rachel Corrie -
Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
Nancy Friday
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I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
Padmasree Warrior -
Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.
Hans Haacke -
My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was by Adam Sandler.
Patrick Fugit -
I think she's so cool, but I personally don't think I sound like Rihanna! But when I first released my music, I did get that comparison a lot. I never really thought about that, but it's a good thing. She's awesome.
Zara Larsson -
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.
P. G. Wodehouse -
When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
Madison Pettis
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The gap between being a bad person and being a criminal is often wide.
Adam Cohen -
Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
There are two things that I feel very happy about from my tenure as Director of Health in Hong Kong: we introduced primary health care and preventive services from conception to old age; and we worked with herbalists to put Traditional Chinese Medicine on a firm footing of promotion, development and regulation.
Margaret Chan -
The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.
Win Butler -
I'm a dual citizen, as are my husband and children. We have got eight passports between us; we're weighed down by them whenever we go anywhere.
Emily Mortimer -
A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.
Marvin Olasky
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I've never actually been a collector. I like the learning-curve, but I buy things, sell them to finance other things.
William Gibson -
Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.
Abraham Lincoln -
Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
Albert Einstein -
It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!
Esther M. Friesner