Connie Willis Quotes
Barbie’s one of those fads whose popularity makes you lose all faith in the human race.
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Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
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I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.
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Fred Moten is a poet I really love because he changes who is telling the poem all the time.
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I don't want my daughters to grow up the way that I grew up. I want them to actually see Mommy in a fulfilled relationship that's amazing for her.
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When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.
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Reality TV is to popular because it allows so many people to sit on the sidelines and just watch somebody else's life. God is saying, 'Don't sit on the sidelines of life. I have put so much in you, but you have got to be strong and very courageous. You have got to step out in faith.'
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I seem to be able to get away with pun strips if I add a panel at the end where I somehow indicate that I know it's a bad pun.
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Barbie’s one of those fads whose popularity makes you lose all faith in the human race.
