Annie Jacobsen Quotes
Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I don't have many friends.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion.
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Like every country, North Korea has some very smart people. They could be contributing a lot more to science and other areas, but North Koreans are forced to spend so much time memorising the fake history of our dictators and other propaganda, so are at a huge disadvantage.
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I cook every night: it's part of the marriage pact.
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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?
