Lisa See Quotes
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If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I've had death threats, if you can imagine.
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We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens.
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I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means that I want to almost change the sphere I work in rather completely because I will always be comparing it to Cleopatra.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
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The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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Well I don't know that I'm okay any more than anyone else is okay, I lead a happy life and a very full one - I have a happy marriage and my kids are all cheerful, and no one is finding fault with me, personally.
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I love myself and I am a good person.
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How sweet it is!
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Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species.
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I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?
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I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
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The insurance industry communicates through codes and check-off boxes. If there's no check-off box for you, you don't exist.
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School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.
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One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.
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I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.
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Crack offered a lot of money to the inner-city youth who didn't go to college. Which enabled them to become businessmen. I know about maybe five people in the entertainment industry who did their peak work as a result of crack usage.
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I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
