Miriam Toews Quotes

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

Miriam Toews

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If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

John Bolton

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There is no art without Eros.

Max Frisch

ArtWithoutEros

If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.

Matthew Desmond

FamilyCommunityCareNeedStability

A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach.

Matthew McConaughey

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If you really think everything in your life, everything that you benefit from comes from socially aware, like-minded, good-hearted people, then you're out of your mind. If you want only those people to have good jobs, we would have to learn how to adjust very quickly without those people. Maybe I'm cynical, but I truly believe that.

Michael Che

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The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print and ink never palls for me.

John Updike

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You need to carry out very careful pre-feasibility and feasibility studies before you enter any crisis situation.

Martti Ahtisaari

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And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything.

Josef Albers

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Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.

Dizzy Dean

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I admire Miken's exceptional engineering capabilities and was drawn to their passion for hockey and drive to be the best in all they do.

Brett Hull

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Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

Thomas J. Watson

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I first visited the Toronto fest in 1979, its fourth edition, when it was known as the Festival of Festivals and had an audience of about 40,000. I happily returned to the 10-day skein nearly every year thereafter, as attendance swelled to 400,000 and it grew into the most influential film festival in North America, perhaps the world.

Richard Corliss

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