Lionel Shriver Quotes
Perhaps scientists will eventually discover that we are all clockwork bunnies, and our experience of volition is an electro-chemical illusion.
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Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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I was, like, a really embarrassing, precocious child.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.
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It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
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It's a wonderful opportunity for me here to get some game experience early. It's pretty special. I'll try to take advantage of it, and maybe I'll open some eyes.
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Perhaps scientists will eventually discover that we are all clockwork bunnies, and our experience of volition is an electro-chemical illusion.
