Iain Banks Quotes
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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For skincare, I'm a Clean and Clear girl. Especially with the humidity in Georgia, Clean and Clear has been pretty good to me with all of the makeup we have to wear. My skin really responds to that product. I'm also a big fan of Kiehl's under-eye avocado cream.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.
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I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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I find the comic book audience a lot more intense than the fantasy one, definitely.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
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If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.
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I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and have some fun.
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Fortunately, I've done so many interviews that I've become very good at detecting when someone is giving a less-than-candid reply.
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Disruption is in my genes. My father owned one of the first discount toy stores, Duane's Toyland, in Albany and Schenectady, near where I grew up. Discount was always a huge disruptor - it disrupted Sears Roebuck.
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There is definitely a correlation between theater and wedding fashion.
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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We need to be creative, on the cutting edge, challenged, and it's really hard going. It's relentless, and we're relentless, and we have a history of breaking engineers, producers. I mean, people come out of working with U2 and just go, 'I just don't know what's happened; it feels like a lifetime has passed by.' And that's just the way we work.
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The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.
