S. E. Hinton Quotes
Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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I love touring - I don't do it as often as I should.
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Your love is a fierce thing, Elena, a thing with claws and teeth when it comes to protecting those you claim.
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The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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Theatre is real-time - you get that real-time audience reaction, which is fantastic. And with art pieces, people don't ever have to explain themselves. You can do something and really follow a research. With architecture, you have to be much more public. You have to build consensus. You have to work within the law. There are more complexities.
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When experience contradicts firmly held judgments of self-efficacy, people may not change their beliefs about themselves if the conditions of performance are such as to lead them to discount the import of the experience.
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Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.
