Lauren Miller Quotes
I'm definitely one of those people who think that everything you do leads up to the moment where you are now.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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Along with racial equality and the late bloom of women's rights, future generations will have to explain how, in the past, gays were misunderstood and publicly humiliated for loving each other, and, eventually, how they stood together and conquered stupidity and hypocritical hatred, and fought their way out of marginalization.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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There are two options for any society: total prohibition as in a totalitarian state, or total license. Both avoid the ardours of decision. Both have the attraction of certainty. The difficult option is to decide where the line should be drawn and this, surely, is the responsiblity of any civilized and democratic country.
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One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.
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No matter what town you are in, there is some social order and a different yardstick to chart. In New York, people create things like schools and speaking languages and second homes.
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I'm definitely one of those people who think that everything you do leads up to the moment where you are now.
