Amy Bloom Quotes
The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.

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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline.
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I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.
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Mankind, his brain has embraced so many amazing things, and yet we're still beating each other over the heads with clubs, excepting the bullets now, one bullet can wipe out an entire city.
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I think there's a path cut for us, a destination mapped out. Everyone ends up where they're meant to be, and how they got there doesn't really matter.
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There's a truth to the violence of boxing. You have a very real threat, an opponent.
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The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.