Caroline B. Cooney Quotes
I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.
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I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
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We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
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I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.
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I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
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When I was younger, I always liked acting. You know, like, acting locally, or community theater at school. But it's not an especially insured career choice, so I was like, 'It's a hobby. Whatever.'
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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Over my career, I've reinvented myself numerous times. I covered the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA. I wrote about labor wars, trade wars and real wars. I chronicled a nuclear plant meltdown and the defeat of Communism. I co-founded a couple of media businesses.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.
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I believe in collaboration and cooperation.
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I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program.
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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
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I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in periods and countries in which they are believed in and before persons disposed to believe in them.
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This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.
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Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.
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I was once called a hack, and when you put as much emotion into a piece of work as I do, to be called a hack is really heartbreaking.
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I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.
