I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because it's hurting you and everyone else around you, but every time you try to do that, it consumes you again.
Jodi Picoult
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ROBERT FORSTER Poor people have few choices in life, and most of the time you don't think too much about it. You ge... LISA KLEYPAS Long and involved is the only way I know how to write. I'm that kid with the blue book in the colleg... JASON SMILOVIC When there's evil standing in your way, you got to get around it however you can, Natalie. You got t... KATE MILFORD Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond wh... RONALD E. OSBORN They say you don't know what you have til its gone, I say you don't know how much you really miss so... STEVEN MONACO An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able t... WILLIAM FEATHER You don't want to get complacent, because then you start to look lazy on the field and look like you... ANTWAN PEEK I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels li... 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COURTNEY THOMPSON Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It starts with attitude. Getting rid of the jerks. The biggest thing you have to do when you take ov... BOB MANCINI If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all. ARSENE WENGER When you are in control of what the final product is, there is kind of no limitation to what you fee... RACHAEL TAYLOR He's given the entire receiving corps an opportunity to make plays. I can't explain what happened la... AMANI TOOMER To grow you must not gain something but instead get rid of all the things that have held you back. AVINA CELESTE I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your hear... COLBIE CAILLAT It happens every year at this time. It feels totally out of control, like you can't do anything abou... JEANNIE CHAVEZ If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myse... LAURA HARRIER When you first start, you just want to get a job. It goes from that to really deciding what kind of ... JANET MONTGOMERY He's very good about spending time with us, but we still live it. You have to have some sort of off-... KAREN STOKES (I've been) a bit nervous, because you think it's like a job interview - if you want to put it that ... JAMIE KENNEDY Say something," demanded Fancie. "Why don't you say something?" "What can I say?" "Say tha... BETTY SMITH Growing up in the business you have to grow up very fast - you do have a different type of childhood... JODIE SWEETIN You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do. CRAIG GROESCHEL Every decision you ever make has its own consequences. Freedom is not the issue. You have freedom to... JOHN PATRICK HICKEY Time throws you out of its dimensionless planar like a boomerang. It unites with you again in death. VISHWANATH S J And I just think that if you believe in something and you want it so much and you're not hurting any... SUSANE COLASANTI If you don’t ask for what you want, you will most certainly not get it. But the first thing is to ... MARTHA LEE Try, try, and try again. Never stop trying. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you a... PAULO COELHO I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, y... BETTY SMITH You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they wan... BARBARA DE ANGELIS And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. MEISTER ECKHART What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. 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You work with people, anybody you don't know, it t... HELENA BONHAM CARTER I just want you to know that where ever life takes you, I'll always be happy for you as long as its ... JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Every time you overhear something hurtful, I want you to do something kind for someone else. SUZE ORMAN
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JODI PICOULT People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know. JODI PICOULT The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, ... JODI PICOULT Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're ... JODI PICOULT Every life has a soundtrack. There is a tune that makes me think of the summer I spent ru... JODI PICOULT You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thin... JODI PICOULT I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves m... JODI PICOULT Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it... JODI PICOULT Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots ... 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JODI PICOULT It was that she truly believed you could be fourteen when you learned how love could change the spee... JODI PICOULT Could you really love someone who was capable of falling in love with someone else? JODI PICOULT ...in the blink of an eye, you might reinvent yourself...the person you were yesterday might not be ... JODI PICOULT I'm really proud of ( JODI PICOULT When you read the art, JODI PICOULT You have to create characters who will whisk people away from their ordinary lives. JODI PICOULT Vengeance was a funny thing: You wanted the satisfaction of knowing it had occurred, but you never w... JODI PICOULT In the wake of a disaster, the last thing you needed to do was set off another bomb; instead, you wa... JODI PICOULT They were at different places in the same relationship and like anything that's out of alighment, th... JODI PICOULT She wondered how many hours it had been since she'd talked out loud. If you didn't use your voice, e... JODI PICOULT The truth is the truth. JODI PICOULT Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we l... JODI PICOULT High school students were cannibals; they fed off your broken heart while you watched and then shrug... JODI PICOULT When heaven breaks, who fixes it? JODI PICOULT Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit in a tree trunk. On Judgement D... JODI PICOULT newborns reminded her of tiny buddhas JODI PICOULT From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, c... JODI PICOULT His grandmother had taught him that there was no such thing as coincidence. There are millions of pe... JODI PICOULT Antony was also obsessive, judgmental, and paranoid. JODI PICOULT Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there. JODI PICOULT Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. JODI PICOULT When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a p... JODI PICOULT I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere alon... JODI PICOULT Other people look at me and think: That poor woman; she has a child with a disability. But al... JODI PICOULT