Margaret Stohl Quotes
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
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We are all naturally xenophobic.
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Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
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Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
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Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will walk in the right path.
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Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
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Writing is the easy part. The 'getting it right' part is harder.
