Quotes about american-author
american-author change happen
Change should be a friend. It should happen by plan, not by accident. Phil Crosby
american-author gently people
You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right.
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Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures. Tammy Bruce
american-author catcher knows trouble
It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control. Tim Wakefield
american-author life
Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to. Anne McCaffrey
american-author education schooling
I never let schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
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Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy. Napoleon Hill
american-author man mind
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do. Anthony Bourdain
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I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders. Vincent Bugliosi
american-author trying
I'm trying to finish my book on the Kennedy assassination.
american-author cases court felony jury lost successful trials
Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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It was OK for the media to pursue Former President Clinton year after year for lying about a private, consensual sexual affair, but we have five justices who committed one of the biggest crimes in American History, and it ceased to be a big story.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
american-author care falls human life played quiet till
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. William Temple
american-author beauty destroy discourage unless using
You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.
american-author great
No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
american-author bred easily man men
Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.
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The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?
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Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.
american-author cannot creature neither nor receiving sensible
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.
american-author hard
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.
american-author conversation factors
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
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In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women. Sara Paretsky
american-author children offered presented reading
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. Kate DiCamillo
american-author following
The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House. Laura Hillenbrand
american-author forever god prayers sure takes time
It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork. Terry McMillan
american-author bum money states
When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money. Norman Spinrad
american-author art depends extend finally humanity knowledge understanding
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life. Ralph Ellison
american-author people sure tailored whatever
Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves. Aung San Suu Kyi
american-author behind means people steps
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead! Fannie Flagg
american-author drink people
Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love. Wally Lamb