A. S. Byatt Quotes
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
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I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.
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Twitter, Facebook are so different from where I began. It's like a fire that takes off... I'm reading everybody's Twitter.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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People are clamoring to hear good ideas as opposed to the lesser of two evils... Either the Democrats are going to win or the Republicans are going to win, but the losers are all of us out here as citizens that really do want meaningful change, and none of it's happening. There's no dialogue regarding meaningful change.
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The world wants to like America.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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I'm never going to apologize for having a lot of guy friends, and I always have. That happens, and I'm not going to live my life where I'm not going to go out and have a coffee or lunch with my guy friends.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
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But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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I try to find a reason to laugh each day. Somehow, if you can incorporate laughter into your day, every day, it really helps. It's the little things in life that make me happy.
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It's amazing how everything fits together in the world of the Illuminati if you are prepared to dig deep enough.
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I've been using makeup since I was ten years old. I've learned a lot of do's and don'ts over the years. But one would definitely be that you should do your makeup for the occasion.
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I put more emphasis on filmmakers than maybe Hollywood does.
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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people.
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I've never, ever just been attracted to men. I've never just been attracted to women.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
