Katrina Mayer Quotes
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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Visit a typical science classroom and you will discover far more than empirical facts being taught. The dominant worldview among scientific intellectuals is evolutionary naturalism, which holds that humans are essentially biochemical machines.
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Most big popcorn movies are 'bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.' And 'Ender's Game' is just not that simple, so it's an exciting challenge. It's a little terrifying, and let's see how audiences respond.
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Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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What is the purpose of public service? It's to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
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Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones. The position required a balancing act, because the companies had to deflect attacks on the global reach of their patents, which granted exclusive marketing rights for antiretroviral drugs.
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
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I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
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When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.
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All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in the written word better than I could.
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I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment.
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There are miracles all around us just waiting for us to see.
