Lisa See Quotes
One of the things that's pretty unique about nu shu, when you look especially at these old letters and stories that have been saved, is that there are certain lines that are very standard that are used again and again. It's almost like a formula in a sense, so that these certain lines come up again and again.
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Imperfection is perfection.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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Safeco Field is a lot like a National League park. Because of that, we're more of a pitching-defensive type club. Anaheim and Oakland - and even Texas - are more offensive oriented. We're a club that doesn't blow anybody out, but at the same time we don't get blown out much. We're in most of the games.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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When you're with a bunch of loud 20-year-olds, if you're on a movie and everybody is a lot younger than you and they want you to go to a club, I'm not very comfortable in that situation. I've been on movies when everybody goes out to some loud place. I don't know; I'm not comfortable.
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Sophia got up, taking one last look at the extraordinary daughter Councilor Nikita Duncan had borne.
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If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.
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Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band.
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One of the things that's pretty unique about nu shu, when you look especially at these old letters and stories that have been saved, is that there are certain lines that are very standard that are used again and again. It's almost like a formula in a sense, so that these certain lines come up again and again.
