Lauren Willig Quotes
Did I invent anything? I don't think so, not really. But if I've helped make history fun... then my work here is done.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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To the dumb question 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: Why not?
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South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake.
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It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's something I had to work through multiple drafts to figure out.
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Did I invent anything? I don't think so, not really. But if I've helped make history fun... then my work here is done.
