Lurlene McDaniel Quotes
I created a character whose motives were pure and good and she was going to go out and save the whole world. But the truth is, you can't save the whole world, but you can save one. And that was the whole thrust of the novel - to save just one.
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A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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My characters hope for better lives.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Everyone knows the U.S. economy shouldn't be so reliant on consumption. More investments should be made.
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Everything that I've done has made me who I am today. You know, it's cliche, but it's true.
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Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.
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There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more.
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Prayer is the one prime, eternal condition by which the Father is pledged to put the Son in possession of the world. Christ prays through His people. Had there been importunate, universal, and continuous prayer by God's people, long ere this the earth had been possessed for Christ.
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I created a character whose motives were pure and good and she was going to go out and save the whole world. But the truth is, you can't save the whole world, but you can save one. And that was the whole thrust of the novel - to save just one.
