Antonia Fraser Quotes
The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
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I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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In man (as the only rational creature on earth) those natural capacities which are directed to the use of his reason are to be fully developed only in the race, not in the individual.
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A lot of people say I tried to emulate Tupac, but when I look back at my career, we're very different artists. I took pages out of Pac's book, of course, and lots of other rappers - Biggie, Nas - of course you take pages out of those books, but you eventually make it your own thing. And I think I did a good job of that.
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I spent all day in front of a digital screen, but I'm about to curl up with a book.
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Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
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The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.
