Ben Dolnick Quotes
Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.
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I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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With acting, I've always gotten by in life acting in situations. I'm a small person. I didn't have a chance to be a bully. But I could always act myself out of tough situations.
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I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
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I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
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All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
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With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can't pierce your heart. Patricia Cornwell can't make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window.
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In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter.
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Let's shut down the EPA.
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Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.
