Confucius Quotes
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what other people do. Neither a politician nor a priest, I never censor what others do. Neither a philospher nor a psychiatrist, I never bother trying to analyze or resolve my fears and neuroses.
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Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'
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No matter how much you plan and prepare, things can still go wrong.
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People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
