Lisa See Quotes
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I'm not going to tell the Palestinians how to arrange themselves. If they want to have their own entity and their own parliament as they do today, that's fine. If they want to connect to Jordan, which has a very big Palestinian population, and vote in the Jordanian government, that's fine.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
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I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.
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When you make giant things for people, they don't always fit; they're not always happy with something that's that big or that kind of outrageous compared to what they usually wear.
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Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger.
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From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.
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If you remain open to great directors who look like you, who know what they're doing and are making impactful films that are destroying these 'blockbuster films,' you can do okay, and everybody can get more of a piece of the pie. But you've got to be open and brave.
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My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.
