Lionel Shriver Quotes

A pre-nup is an insurance policy or, in brokerage terms, a short hedge - meant to mitigate a high-risk investment. It safeguards the love-struck from their own poor judgment of character.

Lionel Shriver

Recitation: by Male by Female

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CharacterShortInsuranceInvestment

It could be that the methods needed to take the next step may simply be beyond present day mathematics. Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years.

Andrew Wiles

MathematicsDayStepPresentBeyond

I don't live as 'Stone Cold.' I live as Steve Austin. I was 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin back in 2003, then I rode off into the sunset.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

LiveSunsetColdStoneBackOff

I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn't boil or freeze, intelligent life is going to emerge because intelligence is convergent.

Simon Conway Morris

LifeIntelligenceIntelligentGoing

There's no album in 2016 that's better than my album.

Tory Lanez

BetterThanAlbum

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

Rob Zombie

TimeStartFirst TimeFirstNext

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Robert Burton

SeeStandingShouldersMayGiant

I wish I got a lie-in on Saturday mornings but I never do.

Monica Ali

SaturdayWishNeverI WishGot

War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.

Ludwig von Mises

WarOnlyConquerorConqueredHarmful

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

Joseph Fiennes

ChallengeReachLookKnowUntil

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.

Dizzy Gillespie

DanceLongYouPlayingAboutFifth

I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.

Dennis Quaid

JobLongThreeMoreNeverOut

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

Debbie Ford

SoulMake A DifferenceMissionYou

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