Lois McMaster Quotes
Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
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In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all vinyl, of some of the best artists, in my eyes, that you can come across.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I had always been a fatalist about my career. What was to be was to be.
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Man is an extraordinarily fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant. It is only by tradition and organisation that anything decent can be got out of him.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.
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A million years went by quick.
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But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
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They had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.
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'They follow the creed of the Bright: that which disturbs the order of society must be eliminated, regardless of whether it caused the disturbance.' She rolled her eyes. 'You’d think they’d get tired of parroting Itempas and start thinking for themselves after two thousand years.'
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Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.
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Someone asks me what's my practice? I don't want the fear of being humiliated to have authority over me. I don't want it to come near me. I don't want it to have a voice in my decisions. I don't want it to be anywhere near me. What's my practice? That one. I don't ever want to humiliate a human being, and I don't want the fear of being humiliated to participate in my thoughts.
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A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is. It is a vehicle of truth, but it is not a blueprint, and we tend to confuse the two.
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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears its truth.
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Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.
