Debra Hamel Quotes
Every now and again your life's course can turn on one simple thing, some small decision the import of which isn't at all obvious at the time.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.
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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
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My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
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Something is missing in our culture. We can't quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition.
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But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
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It is to do nothing that the elect exist. Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams.
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But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for.
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It's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it. We have been putting a lot of money into education in the state of Nevada, and it's gotten us to 50th in the country in graduation rates. We needed more accountability in our system.
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I think it's essential to engage with your followers. I always used to email bloggers, and no one ever replied, so I try to reply to every comment and question, and although sometimes I regret it when I'm sat on Instagram til 3 A.M., it's worth it.
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Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.
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You feel undervalued when you write the kind of fiction I write.
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So I don't think the government or the authorities could be faulted if these warrants of arrest will be served.
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Every now and again your life's course can turn on one simple thing, some small decision the import of which isn't at all obvious at the time.
