Poppy Z. Brite Quotes

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

Poppy Z. Brite

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A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.

Jennifer Coolidge

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Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.

Jeremy Corbyn

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The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

Matthew Continetti

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The Great Khali always serves up a good beatdown if you can't get out from under that heavy hand.

Jeff Hardy

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You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird.

Michael Hutchence

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Networking, of course, is great, but the best way to network is to do work.

Steve Zissis

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Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.

Sojourner Truth

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Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about something like a bus crash in Bangladesh that has no effect on us at all? That can be nothing other than voyeurism.

Simon Winchester

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'Parenthood' has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors.

Jason Katims

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It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require.

Dee Hock

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My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers to program the software, and these guys were true hackers, trying to get more colors and sound and animation out of those computers.

Bre Pettis

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I have said in many interviews that God had a better plan for me than I ever anticipated. I still firmly believe that, and I am grateful for a prayer answered.

Phyllis Smith

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