Alexandra Fuller Quotes

The only process that comes close to the process of writing a whole book, in my experience, is childbirth. There is this moment when you think you can't possibly labour for another moment, and that, paradoxically, is when you have to push hardest.

Alexandra Fuller

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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

Andrew Vachss

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I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.

Andrew Johnson

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I don't write autobiographically.

Meg Wolitzer

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You have a Republican House, close numbers in the Senate, a Democratic president. If we're going to move forward at all as a country, we're going to have to do it by standing together.

Amy Klobuchar

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There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on.

Steve Chen

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All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.

Tony Buzan

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Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

Robin G. Collingwood

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Skinheads and Neo-Nazis are commonly known to openly attack people who get in their way or don't agree with them and their agenda.

Ron Stallworth

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It's always good to be under pressure. That's when you perform the best. At least, I do. It's in my nature.

Mohammad Azharuddin

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I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.

Clint Black

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I watched a little girl cover her face up and leave her hands in front of her mouth. I saw that girl after surgery, and she was smiling... that's a great source of satisfaction.

Chuck Feeney

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I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent.

Bob Newhart

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