Aldo Leopold Quotes
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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 it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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Everyone should be good at what they do.
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Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.
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I have a collection of impractical vintage dresses and jackets. I guess I never grew out of the 'playing dress up' faze. It's actually a bit of a problem.
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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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I can't even tell you the anxiety I get from being around those cameras!
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I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.
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The scribbler's life is never done.
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I work on one book at a time. And yes, I am immersed. Six days a week for four to six hours a day. In between books, I stop writing for as much as two to three months, but during that time, I do research and think, plot and plan the book.
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Music, the word we use in our everyday language, is nothing less than the picture of our Beloved. It is because music is the picture of our Beloved that we love music.
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A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that's because it's tied to so much shame and guilt... That is the big elephant in the room, but a part of why we're afraid to attack that subject matter is because of the way we've been taught about it.
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Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power.
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I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.
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I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say that my style tennis went out of fashion.
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Whoever invented the word ‘grace’ must have seen the wing-folding of the plover.
