Amanda de Cadenet Quotes
Persuasiveness takes finesse; it takes an understanding of human psychology. And intention is everything.
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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I don't like allegories.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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I've always dreamed of having an album. The problem is that it's just very difficult to make an album nowadays because through technology, music shifts so fast, especially electronic music. Once you make five songs, the first one you did is already old and you wished you would have put it out right away. So that's kind of the difficult part.
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There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
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I don't really try to tell people whether they should fight. It's definitely not for everybody.
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I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.
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There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible.
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To have strongly integrated managers who have a deep understanding of technology is a rare and difficult combination to build. You have to invest a lot in selecting and training these people.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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Dick Cheney and Al Gore have redefined the role of the vice president in the minds of the public. It should be a big job, beyond simply checking the health status of the president.
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Persuasiveness takes finesse; it takes an understanding of human psychology. And intention is everything.
