- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your Quotes
On staying in control of what's truly your own.
These quotes focus on ownership: your trust, your plans, your self-esteem, and how easily outside pressure can chip away at decisions that should belong to you alone. For more, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First Amendment Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is, you have about three paragraphs in a short story, three pages in a novel, to capture that editor's attention enough for her to finish your story.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a writer, you must know what promise your story or novel makes. Your reader will know.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
- Considerable
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have considerable choice in how you end your fiction. For all stories, the basic rule is the same: Choose the type of ending that best suits what's gone before.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.
- Serious
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are serious about your work, honest and straight-forward, you are labelled eccentric.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
- Fair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is it fair to have a bunch of kids help solve your emotional issues? Of course not.
- Fresh Ingredients
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I watch a TV show I wouldn’t notice if someone was Muslim or wearing a hijab. It’s nice to be on a show where your skin colour or religion is incidental.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020