Ally Carter Quotes
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The whole Hollywood thing where people want to put me into this 'quirky-fashionista, daughter of' category makes me mad because it's promoting something that I don't believe in, and it's not who I am.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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When people don't get enough information, they make it up.
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In the first couple of years when you're transitioning you don't really fit into any gender, because you're changing over. You have to start getting electrolysis before you even start your therapy. But I think all the weird looks help to give you conviction in who you really are.
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It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.
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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
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Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge.
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The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3.
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To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.
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I think, because of the lack of guaranteed contracts in the league, there's hesitancy to speaking your minds at times. But I feel like there could be a movement beginning where guys are feeling a little more comfortable talking about things that are important to them.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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Your test had cheese meteor questions?" - Bex to Liz.
