Cokie Roberts Quotes
I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life. Like a dancer is always trying to fly, really - to do something that's just not possible. But you try to do as much as you can within those physical boundaries.
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Instead of getting angry at somebody for opposing you on something, you're just praying for them. You just pray blessings on them, blessings on their family.
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I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
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Having this interest here in the Redskins is the chief hobby of my life.
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I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.
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A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.
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I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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What 'Floating Worlds' does draw on is Holland's artistry in bringing the past to life in her historical fiction and depicting the people who inhabited that past.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.
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Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a whole different life: I jump on my bike, and it's so small, I can be anywhere in a minute. I like to be at home when there's free time because when you're at a big company, you're constantly surrounded by 30 people.
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I've had an amazing life, but I think I was born with a little bit of sadness in me. I've always been attracted to those things, whether it's sad movies, sad music... when you're sad, you feel everything in a greater way than you do when you're happy.
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I want to live my life, not record it.
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It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
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To measure the man, measure his heart.
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As a matter of fact, we put it down because we wanted to be jazz pickers.
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The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards.
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I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.
