Linda Thompson Quotes
I think we do people a great disservice by putting them on a pedestal and not allowing them to be human.
Quotes to Explore
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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I like to pour my wines for people. I watch their eyes, I can see what they'll like. Most people say they don't like dry wine because they haven't had a dry wine that's clean and fruity, instead of a big, oaky thing.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Make your life about you, and once you build up yourself first, then you can focus on boys.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
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When I began 'All Our Names,' I did so wanting to create parallel narratives between Africa in the nineteen-seventies and America during that same period.
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TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.
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There are a lot of people, who want to be writers, who stumble at a blank page. You could imagine an algorithm that could give writers a first draft or a starter kit, so it could enable people to be more prolific in their writing.
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Gabrina tenne sempre gli occhi bassi,Perché non ben risposta al vero dassi.
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Cities have become places where we are controlled, by CCTV and other means, in the same way as machines are controlled. My works provide an imaginative space in which this can be challenged. It's like opening a window in a closed room.
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I think we do people a great disservice by putting them on a pedestal and not allowing them to be human.
