Taylor Caldwell Quotes
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
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Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
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Chicken... I am a black man, we love our chicken, but I don't eat it anymore. My genotype means I don't process it as well as other things. But I eat lamb twice a week; that is a super food for me.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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When I'm cooking for myself, I find that I eat almost completely vegetarian, although I'm not vegetarian.
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I grew up on the stage, and there's no two ways about it: you only get one chance to do your bit.
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My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties.
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I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.
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No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
