Claire Cameron Quotes
Everything has the potential to be extraordinary, whether an old photograph, a book or a life. If you find it ordinary, you simply need to take a closer look.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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And that boys," yelled Mr. Weasley over the tumult of the crowd below,"is why you should never go for looks alone!
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As far as fame, the everlasting fame thing. I used to think that was important for a writer... the desire to make your mark.
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Nicknames are the most essential in life, more valuable than names.
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To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about it is one of the greatest joys that life can offer.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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Everything has the potential to be extraordinary, whether an old photograph, a book or a life. If you find it ordinary, you simply need to take a closer look.
