Lisa See Quotes
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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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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
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Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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Is letting our children watch TV a form of child abuse? If our children grow up knowing everything about Britney Spears and nothing about nature or faith, about anything, is that not a form of child abuse?
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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I am happy in Paris.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
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I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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I don't like to be on a set and wait three hours, just to make some lighting adjustments. I like to shoot. That's what I want to do. I'd rather shoot something dumb than wait.
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You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.
