Andrea Hirata Quotes

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

Andrea Hirata

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As the president of a university community of nearly 15,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, I take very seriously my responsibility to keep our campus safe in an increasingly dangerous world. The concealed carry policy has worked well for us.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

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Even some of the most jaded D.C. types are still impressed when the leader of the free world enters the room.

Joel C. Rosenberg

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I was elected to represent my district, not to predict the future.

John Fleming

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When I was operating as one of President Reagan's economic advisers, an early assignment was to analyze the federal government's landholdings and make recommendations about what to do with them. This was a big job. These lands are vast, covering an area six times that of France.

Steve Hanke

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Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

Amanda Bynes

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To apply spin with security, you must learn to make a snug bridge with your forefinger looped over the cue. When you hit the cueball, follow straight through; don't let your cue rise in the air after impact.

Robert Byrne

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How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of them would end up precisely on their targets?

Michael Moore

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My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

Lucian Freud

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I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that.

Diane Kruger

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If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

Douglas Coupland

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I'm a New Yorker, and I live in the country.

Chevy Chase

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When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking.

Brit Marling

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