Connie Willis Quotes
'My physics teacher used to say Diogenes shouldn’t have wasted his time looking for an honest man,' Shirl said, 'he should have been looking for somebody who thought for himself.'Connie Willis
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
Irwin Shaw -
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
L. Neil Smith -
If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
Jack Ma -
As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
Brown Campbell -
When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
Halsey -
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
Ovid
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
Olin Miller -
Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
Vincent Bugliosi -
Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
Omar N. Bradley -
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
Dalai Lama -
People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
Yancy Butler
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I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
Randy Johnson -
That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the first moment you looked into those lovely blue eyes: impeachment insurance.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
I haven't had many relationships.
Adam Lambert -
I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
Rafael Nadal -
Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
Gavin Newsom -
I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
Viggo Mortensen
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As a chef, if I can taste something, I can basically figure out what's in it.
Kelis Rogers -
I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick -
Enthusiasm is the parent of enterprise. Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, someone consumed with earnestness of purpose, with confidence in their powers, with faith in the worthwhileness of their endeavors.
B. C. Forbes -
I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way.
Serinda Swan -
'My physics teacher used to say Diogenes shouldn’t have wasted his time looking for an honest man,' Shirl said, 'he should have been looking for somebody who thought for himself.'
Connie Willis