Lois McMaster Quotes
I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
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An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
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I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.
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This is where dreams-dreams, do you understand-come to life, come real. Not daydreams: dreams.
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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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A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.
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I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.
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If I'm an entrepreneur and I have an idea, and I don't have the development talent around me but I need to find a developer, I would do my selection just like I would with hiring an employee.
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In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.
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Being born white in South Africa or anywhere in the empire and Commonwealth automatically conferred this special status. You had no problem finding a place to live, a job, trade union membership, access to social services. Being white, speaking English, you were accepted as English, entitled to all the rights of citizenship.
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Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, it's about days very wrongly invested in a love affair.
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I just write stuff down and pile it up, and when I get enough stuff, I spread it out and look at it and figure out how to use it.
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There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment. And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year - especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don't work that way.
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Those who have the immense dishonesty to fight with a ballot box in one hand and a rifle in the other have no place in democratic politics.
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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 don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
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Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.
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I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.
