Lisa See Quotes
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
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You're on your own in college, but you get sheltered a little bit more with the coaching staff and everything.
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
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As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political cause so that we can get out there, you know, and play flag football or Frisbee, or walk the dog or something - you know, which is, you know, what the National Mall should be for, in my personal opinion.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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Publishing, legacy or indie, is a vehicle, and you can't opine about whether someone has chosen the right vehicle if you don't know where she intends to drive it.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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Baseball gets better for whatever reason.
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Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same way they come down on countries that trade with Iran and Cuba, we'd have no tax havens in the world.
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It is time for change, and the change is going to come in less than 48 hours.
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I was involved in legislating dozens of laws, perhaps hundreds. But my glory didn't lie in legislative work, if there is any glory in it. The Israeli law books are full of laws that aren't enforced anyway.
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A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
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The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.
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I never viewed money as being 'my money' I always saw it as 'the money.' It's a resource. If it pools up around me then it needs to be flushed back out into the system.
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I would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay.
