Lynn Abbey Quotes
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In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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As I read more and I got into philosophy and met a lot of friends who weren't Christians, it became difficult for me to sustain the belief structure in the supernatural.
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During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
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I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.
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Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
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I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.
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Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder.
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Russian hacking of the DNC is a problem, not a scandal.
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In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
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This problem is the most difficult and the last to be solved by mankind.
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Statesmen remember things selectively.
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Stood for his country’s glory fast,And nail’d her colours to the mast!
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I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me - to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.
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Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah Tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say
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My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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I say the stupidest stuff, all the time, off of Twitter, and so I think Twitter is good way for people to get to know the stupid side of me.
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I had done drama at university, but I never thought I could be a director. There were so few female directors then. I just assumed you had to be a man to be a director. I also assumed you had to be extremely authoritarian and extremely intellectual, none of which I was.
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I don't want dainty little moments of insight …
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We have more to learn today from the spectacle of a great man at a great moment than from any number of monographs on ancient wage levels.
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There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.
