Lisa Hanawalt Quotes
I'd love to do a book with scratch n' sniff pages and pieces of string and plastic attached to the pages, you know?
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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One day when Pooh was thinking, he thought he would go and see Eeyore, because he hadn't seen him since yesterday.
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We unfortunately did the same thing last year, the body count was only 35.
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I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it's none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can't wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.
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All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?
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Everyone has some dysfunction in their families. They have to deal with it. You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.
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I'd love to do a book with scratch n' sniff pages and pieces of string and plastic attached to the pages, you know?
