Lee Radziwill Quotes
It is difficult for someone raised in my world to learn to express emotion. We are taught early to hide our feelings publicly.
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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I have a pretty open mind about supernatural stuff - I do believe that there's more to this world than what meets the eye.
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I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.
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It is difficult for someone raised in my world to learn to express emotion. We are taught early to hide our feelings publicly.
