Alice Hoffman Quotes
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I am myself of a mixed background.
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In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
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I'm a big Stephen King fan.
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As more women 'lean in' and we collectively continue to fight sexism, there's another barrier to progress that hasn't been addressed: Many men who would like to see more women leaders are afraid to speak up about it.
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There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.
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What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to accumulate reserved power, that he may be equal to all emergencies.
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I grew up being absolutely in love with Tom Hanks. I remember, all the kids had Brad Pitt plastered all over their textbooks, and then I had Tom Hanks plastered over mine.
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When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
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I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African – Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
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Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
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Chaos is roving through the system and able to undo, at any point, the best laid plans.
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[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are.
