Long Quotes
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'Humanity has evolved-as far as it has evolved,' continued the old priest, 'with no thanks to its predecessors or itself. Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.''Empathy,' Aenea said softly.
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Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are - their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.
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It took me a long time to accept that I was a writer.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform is to have a bipartisan group of people who come together and put every solution on the table, every alternative on the table. And then we ought to engage in a long conversation with the American people so they understand the choices.
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At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I wasn't the best artist at school by a long shot; it was more the understanding and the support that came from that room.
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To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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'Modesty Blaise' is not well known in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, she's an institution - especially for a comic book reader of a certain age. She's a wonderful creation, and her strip ran in newspapers for a long time. So whenever female spies come to mind for us, they think of 'Modesty Blaise'.
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Well, we became a vegetarian. But that didn't last very long, because, um, I don't like vegetables. Or salad, nothing like that!
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.
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The individual begins that long effort as an Outsider; he may finish it as a saint.
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In every study we've done, fuel cells surface as the most promising long-term pathway for the industry -- even if you use fossil fuels, like natural gas, as the source of hydrogen.
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I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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After a long discussion with Mr. Holmes, we finally wound up with, I think, an agreement which will satisfy all parties.
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I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago.
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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
