Opal Plumstead Quotes & Sayings

Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days of increased academic specialization ... William's book combines real history and fictional constructs to tell a revealing story that makes us reconsider the meaning of familiar concepts. — Julian Baggini

I tried to develop some theories that took account of the uncertainty in the world and the complexity in the world. — Herbert A. Simon

Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same. — Bea Arthur

I liked to be in my own company, so when I came home from school, I'd just go up to my room and hang out by myself. I wouldn't really have friends over or go to see friends much. — Tuppence Middleton

One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other. — Callie Khouri

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I believe I was born for this, to tell people about the Lord. I just wanted to find the best way that I could do it, and music, God graced me to be able to do it, and that was the way that I chose to be effective and tell people that the Lord loves them. — Fred Hammond

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about. — Peter Ackroyd

In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges. — James E. Faust

To say that historical conditions made personal life possible, and with it the self-consciousness that allowed psychoanalysis to emerge, is to tell half the story: one also has to consider that the erotic impulse, ever pressing for satisfaction, had something to do with making the history that encouraged its expression. — Ellen Willis

Prepare for the worst so the best will happen — Tito Ortiz

There's no reason we shouldn't have 15 or 20 Johnny Rockets in Dubai. — Daniel Snyder

The feeling itself is the language your Higher Self listens to. — Raphael Zernoff

He looked at me with a smile that I still remember and ran a finger along his impeccably trimmed mustache. Cricket is about a lot more than playing by the rules, Mistry. It's a gentleman's game. Don't you ever forget that. — Ken Doyle

New Adult is a label that is condescending to readers and authors alike. It implies that the books act as training wheels between Young Adult and Adult. For the New Adult books that are particularly childish, the label implies that they are a step above Young Adult
which is insulting to the Young Adult books that are far superior. For the New Adult books that are particularly sophisticated, the label implies that they are not worthy of being considered "adult." It's a lose-lose situation for everyone.
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Therefore, the new genre of New Adult is a large step backwards. It increases the system of categories and labels even further, and prevents readers from expanding their horizons and minds. The term is reductive and it is insulting to its own audience. — Lauren Sarner