Lionel Shriver Quotes
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
Felicia Day -
The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.
Beck -
I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
Edie Falco -
My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.
K. Flay -
I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.
Pamela Anderson
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Goals help you overcome short-term problems.
Hannah More -
There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it.
Taylor Swift -
With less competition to fear, companies are emboldened to raise their mark-ups and profits. That lifts share prices and thus the wealth of already wealthy shareholders.
Edmund Phelps -
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Clinton cost John Kerry more votes than he gained for him whenever they appeared together. Imagine being part of a crowd enraptured by the presence of Bill Clinton, and then having to listen to a speech by John Kerry!
Pat Sajak -
We've got to get back on track to working with them. Because if I and my colleagues are going to continue to attract inward investment from overseas - you know particularly from the big Asian countries - they see Britain as a gateway to Europe. They don't want any doubts cast upon that.
Vince Cable -
The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of the Bible story.
Aaron Klein
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I think home has become my friends and family, wherever they are.
Rachel Brosnahan -
Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
Naveen Jain -
It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.
Caprice Bourret -
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
Abraham Flexner -
When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it. Now she has the guts to speak up for herself and take action.
Manal al-Sharif -
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.
Khaled Hosseini
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I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.
Leon Wieseltier -
In a world where there is so much to grieve and so little good to take? I grieve nothing. I take everything.
Tahereh Mafi -
Yoga has expanded beyond asana for me. It's how I live my life and currently I'm throwing myself into a meditation practice.
Kathryn Budig -
It might sound so stupid, but guys do not hit on me. I'm not really sure why, but it's very rare that a guy will ever come up to me and be like, 'I'm going to lay down my game right now, and you're going to like it.'
Jennifer Love Hewitt -
I never do anything half-heartedly. I will continue to work hard and play hard and do everything I can to be successful, whatever I do.
David Beckham -
Certainly, critics are not all created equal.
Lionel Shriver