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"A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

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"Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him."

Larry Speakes, American Public Servant

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"I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?"

Raquel Welch, American Actress

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"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."

Malcolm X, American Activist

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"There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears."

Dorothy Dix, American Journalist

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"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."

Billy Connolly, Scottish Comedian

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"I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing."

Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician

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"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

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"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

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"Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do."

Kel Mitchell, American Actor

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"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

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"The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia."

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"A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor."

"Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him."

"I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?"

"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."

"There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears."

"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."

"I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing."

"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."

"Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do."

Explore more quotes by Tracy Kidder

"I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way."

"I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass."

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"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

"I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read."

"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."

"What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives."

"Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru."

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

"The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia."