Lynn Coady Quotes
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It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
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My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
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Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful weapons.
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The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market.
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There's nothing more human than two people making love.
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The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.
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Even when it comes to zippers and buttons, Italy reigns supreme. The luxury market is ours, as demonstrated by the voracity with which various foreign conglomerates are buying up the jewels of our manufacturing sector.
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As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.
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Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
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I never, ever would have imagined the kind of career I've had. It just wouldn't have occurred to me that anything like this could have been possible. I didn't have any such aspirations. And I still can't believe my good fortune.
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I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.
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Portability should be the default.
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Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by withdrawing entirely into narrowly defined specialties. The rare scholars who are nomads by choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the subtle disciplines
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'The operation was a success, but the patient died.' What such a procedure is to medicine, the Court's opinion in this case is to law.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
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A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.
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In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.
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It is ridiculous ever to forget that you and your business are each implanted in the society of the moment. We cannot ignore the world of our time. We had better understand it.
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I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.
