Antonia Fraser Quotes
I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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Industry and institutes need to build smarter linkages.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. We all get hurt by people we love sometimes. It's laughable to believe that anyone is immune. The important thing is how you behave.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.
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I was always singing to myself, but I never ever performed, and I never told anyone I liked to sing. So it was a definitely a new adventure going in to audition for 'Glee.'
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Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.
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I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I think there's a way of doing it that has a lot of merit.
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So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.
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We are serious as a heart attack about making the world a better place.
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I enjoy nakedness. I am a bit of a naturist at heart.
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Our culture has changed. It has become more violent. People are literally afraid to go to the movies or to school.
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I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.
