Lois McMaster Quotes
Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.
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It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people enough so that money isn't an issue, and they can focus on doing great work.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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You don't need a uniform color: We used a mixture of brick red, browns and grays, and then threw in seashells, branches and various types of rock, so our walls ended up looking like cave paintings!
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I danced from the age of three, so I was always going to do something performance-related. I got into the Television Workshop drama group in Nottingham when I was 11 and went there for ten years.
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Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.
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I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.
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I'm a travel enthusiast.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate - you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.
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The value of money is in proportion to the quantity of the necessaries of life which it will purchase.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.
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Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be
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Most Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting only places like India, Africa or South America. But it is a tragic reality that our country has millions of children who are suffering from lack of food. We must all work together to save our country from this problem.
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The secret of being a good scientist, I believe, lies not in our brain power. We have enough. We simply need to look at reality and think logically and precisely about what we see. The key ingredient is to have the courage to face inconsistencies between what we see and deduce and the way things are done. This challenging of basic assumptions is essential to breakthroughs.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.
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Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.
