Amity Shlaes Quotes
McCain likes strong defense, and he's viscerally suspicious of big companies. So he's more a Square Deal guy than a New Deal guy.
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I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.
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Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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To oppose something is to maintain it.
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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game.
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My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself.
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Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.
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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough.
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The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.
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He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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McCain likes strong defense, and he's viscerally suspicious of big companies. So he's more a Square Deal guy than a New Deal guy.
