Lois McMaster Quotes
Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
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I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.
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Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Acting is very immediate.
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Devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, and clever.
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I never for a moment considered not doing the show. When I did the show I became very emotional. Some of the lyrics suddenly took on an entirely different meaning. Words like, 'as if we never said goodbye' became more real.
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Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.
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I have been singing for as long as I could talk.
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Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
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I don't like stepping on other people's toes, but with my size 15 shoes, people step on mine sometimes.
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When I stand up from my writing desk, 'John Banville', or 'Benjamin Black' – that is, the one whose name will appear on the title page – vanishes on the instant, since he only existed while the writing was being done.
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If you just want to help people out you end up being a good person. I mean there’s every single kind of horrible self-help book will tell you if you’re feeling down and you’re feeling depressed just go help someone out and it’s a cliché, you wouldn’t even say it it’s so embarrassing, except it happens to be true.
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I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ.... I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place.
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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand for victory will be ours.
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The United Kingdom has committed the heresy of breaking the chains of the E.U. This is a signal victory for democracy. It is a slap in the face to the European system which was increasingly based on fear, blackmail, and lies.
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I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.
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To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
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Your quest is powerful. You needn’t apologize for the space it takes.
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Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.
