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've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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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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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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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 think a lot of people, especially women, feel like to be whole, you need to find part of yourself in another person - probably because of the fables we're told as kids.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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I'm a person who has always believed that you tell people the truth, and they'll make reasonable decisions. Truth is powerful.
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Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.
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And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during your naval training as naval courses and the other half were engineering.
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I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
