Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
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I definitely think there needs to be more of a focus and movement on getting coding taught in schools. There's really only so much after-school programs like Black Girls Code can do to really drive that change. And those classes shouldn't only take place in high school. We should make sure that we teach kids about coding at an early age.
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If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet.
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Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.
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Listen. Say yes. Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often.
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We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
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The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
