Patricia Cornwell Quotes
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
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When you're watching television, you don't want to watch a show where everything just works out. You don't want to see a relationship that's just blossoming and everyone's happy and sunshine and roses all the time. That's also not true in life.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.
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For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
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Like all kids who want to be in action movies, I want to jump out of a speeding car, shoot guns, slide out the side in slow motion like a John Woo movie.
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The first thing they gave me at 'Sports Illustrated' was a first-class air card. 'And oh, by the way, there's the petty cash drawer,' they told me. 'Take a few thousand dollars for expenses.'
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Bill Gallagher's new version of 'The Prisoner' is an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved.
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One thing I have learned in my 46 years on this planet is that the greatest opportunity for growth and understanding comes through the challenges that we encounter.
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Art has to be able to match life, to respond to the ever-changing forms of the world, to electrify the audience.
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Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don’t cry. I say maybe it’s meant to be.
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I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.
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I don't do things that are illegal.
