Tara Westover Quotes

Because I never attended elementary schools of any kind, I missed most of the books that were popular with other kids my age. There was an exception, however, which was 'Harry Potter.' My grandmother gave me the first book when I was about 13, and I read it, then read all the rest.

Tara Westover

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The one thing I like about 'Playboy' is they don't have the anorexic look. The women are voluptuous. So I didn't really want to diet. I just wanted to tone up.

Jenny McCarthy

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For my new book 'Pirate Hunters', I follow John Chatterton and John Mattera, two world-class scuba divers, who teach themselves to think and act as pirates while searching for what would be only the second pirate ship ever found and positively identified.

Robert Kurson

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There's a whole vampire community online - those are some crazy people.

Amy Heckerling

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I just want to contribute to my team and earn the trust and do everything they need from me.

Stefon Diggs

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There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once.

Sloane Crosley

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The strength of the dollar has historically been tied to the strength of the U.S. economy and the faith that investors have in doing business in America.

Steve Mnuchin

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When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins.

Michelle Bachelet

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I remember the excitement of finding a great pancake recipe in 'Gourmet.' It felt as if it were mine. And it was Berkeley, of course - everybody cooked together. Cooking is what one did.

Mona Simpson

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A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.

Mitt Romney

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If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?

Jonathan Miles

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I've always been a really ambitious person.

Christina Ricci

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Writing's all I know. Frankly, I've never been able to do anything else.

Christopher Buckley

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