Lois McMaster Quotes
Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live.
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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
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A friend of mine is a chef in Bali, and another friend said, 'God, he's like Brad Pitt,' and I said, 'Yeah, I think he's more like arm Pitt,' 'cause, you know, 'Brad Pitt' would be a bit of an overstatement.
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I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.
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There's a place for him, but he's the final determinant as to whether he achieves that or not. He needs to capture the imagination of a universe hungry for decent thought and passion. All he has to do is be truthful and have a vision for what to do and stop playing a goddamn game of politics. If he does that, he'll get everything he needs.
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Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.
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Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.
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Puszczykowo is an important place in my life. I feel like I am at home there.
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At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really love and enjoy spending time with, it's just such a rare thing. You hear so many horror stories.
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The key for me is movement. When the ball comes into the box, or when the wide players get it, that's where I have to be clever and make my runs. That's where I come alive.
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Hollywood have been in touch; they want to make a movie of my life.
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What I'm saying is that there are bargains right now, there are stocks right now that if you're shrewd enough, you will be able to buy them at the opening today and I you'll make money in a year from now.
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I like writing historical fiction.
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In my heart I'm just a lucky waitress.
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I love waking up in my home and being with my children and my husband. And I get an enormous amount of satisfaction out of my work. I really love working. I said it: I love working. It really grounds me, and I like helping people.
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One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.
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Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our sins and pray to be written into God's Book of Life.
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Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.
