Tara Westover Quotes

My family was, I think, a bit more radical than most Mormons, especially on the question of gender. So in my mind, growing up, there wasn't ever any question of what my future would look like. I would get married when I was 17 or 18. And I would be given some corner of the farm, and my husband would put a house on it, and we would have kids.

Tara Westover

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When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.

Joan Rivers

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I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful term that's just been used so much, we don't know what it means anymore.

Jessica Hagedorn

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Nick is 11 and a half years younger than I am, so his mom is only, like, 11 or 12 years older than me. I didn't call her Mrs. Offerman because that would be weird because we're, like, the same age, so I think I went straight to Cathy, but there's a mom element, and his parents are so great.

Megan Mullally

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A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Max Planck

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The peacock has become one of my regular sources of inspiration from nature.

Matthew Williamson

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I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.

Sloane Crosley

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Technology has come such a long way and you could pretty much do everything what's called 'in the box'. It means that it never has to leave your computer.

Tony Vincent

TechnologyLongYouWayNeverBox

We're all men, not machines. We make mistakes.

Tony La Russa

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I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

Rohan Chand

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Democracy must learn to defend itself.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.

Debbie Harry

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I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

Bob Paisley

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