Colleen McCullough Quotes
Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument may be distant from our shores, but it will help us understand how healthy marine ecosystems work and how we can revive troubled seas closer to home.
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If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
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U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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I have seen people climbing up and down the ladder of success, and I learnt a lot from them.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Pure art is a noble pursuit. Applied art is a business. That's one reason design firms have been so eager of late to add consulting and manufacturing to their core aesthetic competencies.
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If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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If you love a book you tend not to follow its surface value, you follow the other things in it.
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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.
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To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
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By requiring all 30 million Americans age 18 to 25 to perform two years of national service, in the military or civilian life, we will be asking for a shared sacrifice from all American citizens.
Charles B. Rangel -
Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred.
