Marian Keyes Quotes
I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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I have a bronze statue of myself, naked. I have these really big curls and water comes out of every curl. It's hot.
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Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.
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I climbed brick facades as a kid. You'd kind of stick your fingers in there.
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I think there's a backlash against minorities in this country and that part of what caused that was the fact that a black man became president. And a certain portion of the privileged population think their privilege is at stake, and they want it back.
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I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.
