Vera Brittain Quotes
Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause to individuals whose own work does not require isolated effort, the writer who is engaged on a book must learn to say it. He must say it consistently to all interrupters; to the numerous callers and correspondents who want him to speak, open bazaars, see them for 'only' ten minutes, attend literary parties, put people up, or read, correct and find publishers for semi-literate manuscripts by his personal friends.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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For most people, their wealth accrues slowly, and at any given point they say, 'Okay, I should kick up my standard of living because now I've earned slightly more wealth.' I went from the dorm room to having a billion dollars.
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I don't believe in censorship in any form.
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After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work again for a short while. Two, three years, then stop.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause to individuals whose own work does not require isolated effort, the writer who is engaged on a book must learn to say it. He must say it consistently to all interrupters; to the numerous callers and correspondents who want him to speak, open bazaars, see them for 'only' ten minutes, attend literary parties, put people up, or read, correct and find publishers for semi-literate manuscripts by his personal friends.
