Gail Sheehy Quotes
Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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Expenditures rise to meet income.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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I was an expert horseman.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.
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As you climb the mountains of life, stay on the path of virtue. There will be others to help you- your parents, family members, bishops, advisers, and righteous friends of all ages. And if you are weary or take a wrong turn, change your direction and get back on the path of virtue. Always remember that the Savior is there for you. He will enable you to repent, strengthen you, lighten your burdens, dry your tears, comfort you, and continue to help you stay on the path.
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Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
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You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.
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When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.
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Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
