Lois McMaster Quotes

It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.

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• I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Good
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• I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Different
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• 'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.

  

  Magnus Scheving
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• Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'

  

  Naomi Klein
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• My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.

  

  Galveston Giant
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  • Politics
  • Caught

• I've never seen magazine covers and seen music videos and been like I need to look like that if I want to be a success. Never. I don't want to be some skinny mini with my tits out. I really don't want to do it. And I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about.

  

  Adele
  • People
  • Music
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• The pose begins when you want to leave it.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Want
  • Yoga
  • Yoga Practice

• If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Important
  • Learning
  • Advice

• 'Shrek 2' made over $120 million during its first week. In a related story, John Kerry asked Shrek to marry him.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Story
  • John Kerry
  • Shrek

• Overall, our population is in the worst shape it's ever been. Children are in terrible shape. We have absolutely unprecedented numbers of obese and overweight children - one in three now. A generation ago it was something like one in ten.

  

  Neal Barnard
  • Children
  • Population
  • Obese

• Probably would have been sitting on the bench with Connecticut. Who knows? That's just hypothetical stuff you can't even project. But it certainly is a talented team. The growth that he has had here, I think, has been a beneficial factor for him in his overall game.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Game
  • Team
  • Growth

• My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.

  

  Rachel Morrison
  • People
  • Dad
  • Never

• Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Heart
  • Light
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• The proper study of a wise man is not how to die but how to live.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Man
  • Study
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• The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Strong
  • Destiny
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• I create my own calm and I keep my balance, because I know that it's not really me, by myself... The Creator always gives me the energy.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • Giving
  • Energy
  • Balance

• When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself.

  

  Bob Proctor
  • Control
  • Respond
  • React

• We, too, are Americans.. On us, as well as on them the United States, lies the duty of preserving the honor of the continent. On us, as on them, rests the noble trust of shielding free institutions.

  

  George Scratchley Brown
  • Honor
  • Continent
  • Preserving

• It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.

  

  Lois McMaster
  • Easier
  • Permission