Lois McMaster Quotes
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me.
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How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
