John Higgins Quotes

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.

John Higgins

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Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

Jennifer Gilmore

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By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.

Jens Stoltenberg

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If the main character's not in jeopardy - physical, psychological, emotional, whatever - then you don't have any tension, and you don't have a story.

Stephen Graham Jones

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A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.

Stephen R. George

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There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.

Steve Ballmer

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You can't expect everyone to agree with you.

Stacey Dash

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You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

Robin Williams

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I type my sermon notes into my BlackBerry, then I upload my sermon notes to my blog, my Facebook page and some of the information to my Twitter account. That's 100,000 people I'm sharing the Gospel with by the virtue of typing it into my BlackBerry as opposed to writing it down. That is being efficient with my time.

Roland Martin

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I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Roz Chast

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Dad was an outstanding leader. He'd bring in top thinkers from a wide array of fields - how to fix the Detroit schools, for example. I watched him in these meetings. He listened and probed.

Mitt Romney

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The fans care about somebody who cares about them. It's not all about somebody who can put the ball in the cup. I think that's my calling.

Jaylen Brown

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Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy.

Jay Griffiths

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