Pat Nixon Quotes
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Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting exhibitions that I've been doing for years before that.
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I had had a continuing smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany.
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In 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, it was clear that we were seeing something new: the impacts of the crisis were flowing across borders at unprecedented velocity.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
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I only know what I read in the papers.
