George Packer Quotes

That's why I'm not on Twitter and don't have an iPhone. It's not because I'm superior to it: it's because I would be a slave to it, and I don't want that to happen.

George Packer

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If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

Jesus Christ

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War violates the natural order of things, in which children bury their parents; in war parents bury their children.

Jeh Johnson

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The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

Ann Bancroft

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When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

Stephan Jenkins

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When you label so much of what happens to you as 'bad,' it reinforces the feeling that you are a powerless pawn at the mercy of outside forces over which you have no control. And - this is key - labeling something a bad thing almost guarantees that you'll experience it as such.

Srikumar Rao

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I believe that if the story is fleshed out and the characters more believable, the reader is more likely to take the journey with them. In addition, the plot can be more complex. My characters are very real to me, and I want each of my characters to be different.

Michael Robotham

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The only two things that I think about in life is my family and golf. That's all I want to think about.

Jason Day

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For me, personally, I really get a kick out of game shows. I like the play-along factor.

Doug Davidson

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I always laugh because people assume I love horror because I do a horror movie, but I'm not a huge horror fan.

Courtney Gains

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I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

Brian Eno

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I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity.

Brad Feld

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Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

William Penn

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