Eleanor Porter Quotes
Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.
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If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and that paid for tuition for school. I moved to a bigger town, Louisville. I did it for a year. I had to work the graveyard shift. And then you get off at eight for classes, so that sucked. Then I dropped out.
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Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.
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I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself.
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Ideas are cheap. A dime a dozen, as they say. It's the implementation that's important! The trick isn't just to have a computer game idea, but to actually create it!
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When you play Northwestern, a key is that it's so good at controlling tempo. When they get a lead, they go from good to great. They were in control of the tempo for the majority of the game, and we had to play from behind.
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Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas.
