Caroline B. Cooney Quotes
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
Fletcher Knebel -
It's hard to kill that father-son bond.
Adam Driver -
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
Daniel Barenboim -
There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
Jack Welch -
Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Russian interference in our democracy. We need to get to the facts and learn lessons to prevent future misconduct by foreign governments.
Jack Reed
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You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.
Abu Bakr -
People think stars never have any problems or cares. That's bull. Why would we show any more than one mask to the public. There's a whole lotta things I've done that I don't want to think about. But I bring it all right out when I need it for a role.
Vanity -
When I had to bury my child, I probably didn't start grieving until a year and a half later.
Lamar Odom -
As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.
Naveen Jain -
Pig, n. An animal (Porcus omnivorus) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.
Ambrose Bierce
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'It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not.' -Bill Gates, Fortune Magazine, July 17 2007
Bill Gates -
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
Mason Cooley -
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it.
Arabella Weir -
When I'm in a foreign city, I like to get to know it like a local.
Kyle MacLachlan -
It's funny: I like being surprised as a reader, so it's difficult for me to spoil my own stuff.
Marc Guggenheim -
This is the sin against the Holy Ghost: - To speak of bloody power as right divine, And call on God to guard each vile chief's house, And for such chiefs, turn men to wolves and swine.
Vachel Lindsay
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Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?
Marie Windsor -
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
We are seeing with great grief that America remains quiet as Turkey struggles against terrorism. Because there were promises given to us, and they need to be kept. If not, we can take care of our own business.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan -
The Bible's been attacked. What is truth? It's relative.
Todd Burpo -
I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.
Caroline B. Cooney