Lynne Truss Quotes
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.
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By the time I got to set for 'Cobra,' I think I'd lost about 28 pounds in about a month and a half. I didn't want to look back and be like, 'Wow, someone should stop eating PB and J's.' Like, if I'm going to look back when I'm 80, I wanted to be like, 'Wow, okay, I looked pretty fit. I used my youth right.'
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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I have found that my fan base is a bit above average when compared to the common horror fan.
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The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.
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Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.
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This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.
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For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.
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People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.
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In 1989 when I switched from Democrat to Republican, with God as my witness, not one thing changed about what I believed about one man and one woman in a marriage or about diversity of color. That's a good thing.
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Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
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It is important to make the fans that support me feel supported.
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This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at.
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Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.
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In general, I think people should be skeptical of the Internet as a reference tool because so much of what's on it is unreliable and costumed - a hall of mirrors.
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If you're trying to hide, avoid using your own name. Have a couple spares that you can pull out of your pocket anytime, the more thoroughly documented the better.
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I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.
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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
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After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.
