Deborah Harkness Quotes

A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show - in this rush to fantasy, romance, whatever - is that we actually still want to believe in a world of possibility, in a world of mystery.

Deborah Harkness

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All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.

John Hodgman

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I hate to go to movies or watch a TV show and know the ending within 15 minutes.

Amaury Nolasco

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Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.

Stephen J. Dubner

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The brilliance of Adam Scott is that he is so damn funny in a straight man role.

Rob Thomas

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I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.

Ruth Bradley

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I really don't retain information - by the time I arrive wherever I'm going, I already forget what it is that I wanted to say.

Roman Abramovich

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I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.

Mat Kearney

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U.S. intelligence has the legal right to monitor foreign communications as they go through to U.S. service providers. However, even though something is legal doesn't make it right. I'm not American; I don't really care about what data is being collected about American citizens. I'm worried about us, the foreigners.

Mikko Hypponen

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I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.

Michele Bachmann

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We have to get the tax revenues up. That means we have to get back to a healthy American economy, grow the economy so that you make more money. I make more money, ordinary Americans make more money, and so does the government. That helps lessen the deficit.

Mick Mulvaney

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Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

Mo Ibrahim

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I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

Louise Penny

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