Megan Abbott Quotes

I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.

Megan Abbott

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To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client.

John Updike

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War dehumanizes everyone.

Amanda Lindhout

WarEveryone

I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.

Steve Waugh

WaitingLostWorseLikeEvenBags

The part in 'Philadelphia' where I represent the law firm that's firing Tom Hanks, that was a hard part for me because I lost one of my best friends to AIDS, and it was hard for me to play a part that wasn't sympathetic to someone with AIDS.

Mary Steenburgen

BestMeLawFriendsSomeonePlay

Sometimes English football takes pride in having the lowest yellow-card count in Europe, but of course it will have if you can take someone's leg off and still not be booked.

Luis Suarez

FootballPrideSomeoneYouSometimes

If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

Josie Bissett

LoveBusinessToughHelpWantWay

Born of a noble father and a saintly mother, President Hinckley learned as a young boy the truths of the restored gospel from his faithful parents. He came to respect deeply and value highly his pioneer heritage.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FatherMotherRespectValueParents

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

Joni Mitchell

DaughterWaitingBackSongwriting

No one should be forced to violate one's conscience, nor should anyone be forced out of service of the common good because there are some things their conscience tells them they cannot do.

Donald Wuerl

GoodServiceConscienceOutThings

But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.

Boris Johnson

FreedomPeopleHandsWantAncestors

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Arthur Helps

ExperienceSufferingExtract

I was the first journalist allowed on a hunting boat during harp seal season in almost 15 years. Around the late 1970s, white coat pups became the poster child for the anti-fur movement, and by the '80s, the media was lambasting the hunters for killing them.

Brian Skerry

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