Elaine Pagels Quotes

After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people there, and liked them very much. I also found a wonderful editor there, Wendy Wolf. It's a very congenial press.

Elaine Pagels

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With Christopher Guest films, we have a lot of say.

Jennifer Coolidge

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As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The rich can rule alone, disenfranchising or even enslaving the poor, or the poor can rise up and confiscate the wealth of the rich.

Angus Deaton

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Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear that the old export model of growth will be sustainable in a more 'balanced' global economy that does not rely so heavily on the U.S. consumer.

Robert Zoellick

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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Josh Billings

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I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.

Jasmine Guinness

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A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

Jose Marti

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If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it!

Donald Trump

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I think that any time of great pain is a time of transformation, a fertile time to plant new seeds.

Debbie Ford

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I'm no longer a believer in politicians endorsing other politicians.

Corey Stewart

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Being a background singer is one thing, but being on stage as the star is something else again. When you walk out there with all those people staring at you, it's like you're naked to the world. And I hate being criticized.

Brenda Russell

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My unworldliness, even at 21, was abnormal. Not only had I never smoked tobacco nor touched alcohol of any description, but I had never yet set foot inside a theatre, or gone to a race course I had never seen, nor held a billiard cue, nor touched a card.

Algernon Blackwood

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