Dean Alford Quotes
A stray, unthought-of five minutes may contain the event of a life, and this all-important moment - who can tell when it will be upon us?
Dean Alford
Quotes to Explore
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
Victor Hugo
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Dambisa Moyo
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
D. J. MacHale
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The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
Edmund White
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
Harold Wilson
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
Lady Gaga
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In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of champagne. I've been able to appreciate epic meals in San Francisco, New Orleans, Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas.
J. R. Moehringer
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
Barry Sternlicht
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
Earl Blumenauer
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
Gaston Bachelard
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
Vicente Fox
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
Kate Winslet