Leandra Medine Quotes
I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.
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I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
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When you see Major League Baseball putting academies in other countries, obviously that throws up a red flag. You wonder why they ain't going up in our neighborhood. Bottom line, what I see, I talk about... I see it over and over. If anybody can show me I'm wrong, then show me.
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I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.
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I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
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The first thousand days of a baby's life are likely to determine the rest of her life - whether she grows up to be healthy or not, both physically and emotionally.
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The batsman does not always need to create big hits. He can hit a boundary, then pick up some singles and still gets nine runs. To avoid that, I need to plan in a way where he must look to hit wherever there is a fielder. That is what is called 'bowling to the field.'
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.
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When we live the 21st-century good life, almost every aspect of it is predicated on not looking at the implications of what we're up to. Happiness at this point has a lot to do with not looking, so you don't feel complicit in some vast and awful enterprise.
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As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
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When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.
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We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.
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Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
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We have to go into fundamentalist mosques; we have to stop foreign financing of Islamist groups.
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I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops.
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I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.
