- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Said Quotes
Words spoken, decisions made.
This collection centers on moments of speaking up — reciting the rosary as part of a faith practice, warning lawmakers about foreign policy risk before Congress, and casting a vote that came with real consequences at the United Nations. For more on personal conviction, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone said, 'Well, you're very old for a first novel,' and I said, 'How do you write when you haven't lived? How do you write when you have no experience? How do you write straight out of university?'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I've a track record of talking about books I never write, in Australia they think I'm about to write a book about Jane Austen. Something I said at some festival.
- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Goldie Hawn wrote her memoirs, no one said Goldie Hawn was snitching. When Jane Fonda wrote her memoirs, no one said Jane Fonda was snitching.
- Insult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote lots of pages. I showed what I wrote to Iowa friends, and they said, 'Good start.' That was discouraging because I thought it was almost done.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020