Amity Shlaes Quotes
The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants to go to parties.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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There is clearly a move among some tea-party people, not all of them, to always elect or nominate the most conservative person, and under that scenario, I don't think Scott Brown would probably be their first choice.
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As first and foremost a character actor, I've always resisted the temptation to cure any of the people I've played or make them lovable in any way; you've just got to celebrate them for what they are.
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I'm extremely competitive with myself. But I'm not actively competitive with other women in the business. Which may have been a mistake. I've never had someone in my life, agent or otherwise, fighting for me.
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Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights and Spectacles'; she thinks in print, but she doesn't have a real feel for the stage.
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The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.
