Pat Conroy Quotes
I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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When you're me, when you're R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don't give 'em a piece they'll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Life can be thought of as water kept at the right temperature in the right atmosphere in the right light for a long enough period of time.
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'Anderson' is what I've been called since I was a kid; my mom is about the only person who calls me 'Mike.'
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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The common sense has kind of kept me completely out of trouble. This is a life where it could have went a different way. I feel like I'm definitely being watched and I'm so thankful for that to feel this protected and loved and embraced by God.
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Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.
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I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara.
