Lois McMaster Quotes
It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.
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You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.
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I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.
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I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas.
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Scientology is the only specific (cure) for radiation (atomic bomb) burns.
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They were very careful and kind. So careful and kind it was positively tactless and spiteful.
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To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.
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I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other factors combined, if the circumstances are right, can teach and can lead to rebirth.
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My family and school life are important to me.
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I really took it in-house. The Constantine character has a kind of flesh-and-blood practical look at things that would seem, other people would use the word, occult or spiritual. But here, demons are real. So for me it was more taking it from the film itself. I didn't really need to go outside the piece itself to inform me because the perspective on it, what the character does, was provided by the script.
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It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.
