Lois Lowry Quotes
I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.'
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Being evil is easy.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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Knowledge about things beyond our immediate environment may be acquired through deduction, if the initial premises are believed to be correct.
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Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.
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As a keen political observer, I've noticed that most people do not really vote for someone for the Presidency as much as they vote against the other candidate. And I think President Johnston's sic decision was unfair to these people.
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You must stand up for multilateralism. You must make trade great again.
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When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying 'I have no taste of my own but accept the taste of my cultural milieu.
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I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.'
