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“It’s not easy remembering the good times.”
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“I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me”
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“I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.”
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“I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins.”
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“Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.”
Source : "Ronan Farrow: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. September 13, 2013.
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“We have a chance here to prove that [Rwanda], a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence, can practice reconciliation, reorganize itself, focus on tomorrow and provide comprehensive, quality health care with minimal outside help.”
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“Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.”
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“I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.”
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“In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.”
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“This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.”
Source : Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.241, Hachette UK