Margaret Atwood Quotes

The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller, to whom the book is dedicated.

Margaret Atwood

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SocietyBookEarlyThrowbackHarvard

I think it's clear to me that what - when I look at the tea party, it's about one-third Democrat, one-third Republican, one-third independents. But 100 percent of them are sure that the agenda that is taking place in Washington, D.C., is about extremism and is about bankrupting this country and every state within this country.

Jeff Sessions

TeaMeThinkLookPartyPlace

You can't prepare for something that you can't prepare for.

Metta World Peace

YouPrepareSomething

In chemicals, Synthetic Genomics is one of my real loves.

Steve Jurvetson

RealChemicalsSyntheticLoves

It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.

Robin Williams

WorkHeartI AmSayingSomeoneYou

I enjoy hats. And when one has filthy hair, that is a good accessory.

Julia Roberts

GoodHairEnjoyHatsFilthy

Haters are our ammunition. They motivate us to continue fighting for our rights. That's why I continue to share my story.

Jazz Jennings

StoryFightingHatersWhyMotivate

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

Jon Oringer

WorkTogetherLawNobodyNeedTaxes

I used to hunt as a child but gave up the chase in my 'Ho Ho Ho Chi-Minh, we shall fight and we shall win' chanting and marching days - by which time I had come to share Oscar Wilde's feelings about 'the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.'

Jonathan Dimbleby

TimeFightChildWinFeelingsDays

There are but a handful of times in the history of our country when there occurs a transformation so remarkable that a molt seems to take place, and an altered country begins to emerge.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

HistoryTransformationCountryPlace

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.

Donald Norman

WorkExperienceJobYouWillNeed

We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in.

Chelsea Manning

LiveHumanAbleHuman BeingsShould

If you can't plagiarise yourself, who can you plagiarise?

Christine McVie

YourselfYouWho

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