- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
More Quotes
Quotes on wanting and having more.
These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Investment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one of those people who hates Amazon because they're big. Why pay a third more for the same thing?
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In another life I would be a medievalist. I loved Chaucer, far more than Shakespeare.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up?... Clearly more could be done.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather was originally from the south of China before he emigrated to Malaysia pre-World War II. And I wanted to learn more about the history of the country of my ancestors. I knew I wanted a narrative set in contemporary Beijing. I was really interested in the effect of the rapid social and economic change on ordinary citizens in China.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth is often a multiplicity of perspectives, and sometimes the more viewpoints and versions of events there are, the closer the reader gets to an overarching truth.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
After six prison commitments, at the end of those, I was more broken than when I went into the system.
- Business Opportunities
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I was hoping to do in the Secretary of the State's Office when I came was to provide businesses with more information about business opportunities in Connecticut. That's both to businesses that are here already and also to businesses that are not located here, but might be interested in coming.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both types of books - fiction and nonfiction - are a search for story. As a writer and a reader, there's nothing I crave more than a good story!
- Museums
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm more inclined towards old churches and dusty museums.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020