Gail Giles Quotes
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Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'
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I was a teenage girl once. I was not an overweight teenage girl, but I had really bad acne when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was heart-rending, and people made fun of me. People whispered when I walked by in the hallways, and I was sure they were whispering about me. My adult perspective is maybe they weren't.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.
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A lot of things can't be modeled very well.
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Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
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Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.
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In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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Before all this happened, I always used to see my stammer as being a negative, all my life, but then when I went on 'Pop Idol,' and the first time I saw it on television, it was really, really bad, but also it made me stand out; it made people remember me. So for the first time in my life, it worked to my advantage.
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I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me for some reason. He's keeping me aligned with that generation.' Because I genuinely love people, I love hip-hop, and I love using it as a tool to communicate and to create a better vibration. Life is short. I guess I'm lined up for a reason.
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I just can't help but see things differently.
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I don't care how they think of it. Some of these people are acquiring some very good pictures by a lot of different photographers.
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With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.
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No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.
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If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any.
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Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.
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There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything.
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The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.
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People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.
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Your words are teeth. And they eat me alive. Feed on my corpse instead.
