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Gloria Naylor Quotes: Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
         

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.


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Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.



I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.



Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.



The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.

The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.



A loud voice is not always angry; a soft voice not always to be dismissed; and a well-placed silence can be the indisputable last word.

A loud voice is not always angry; a soft voice not always to be dismissed; and a well-placed silence can be the indisputable last word.



The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.



One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.



a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.

a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.



Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.



You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.





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How easy it was to slip through the cracks alongside him. To fall in the very same trap I had committed to free him from.




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We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give the agents the tools that they need to do their job more efficiently and more expeditiously.



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I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.

I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.



Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.

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Working in Hollywood, it's clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood!




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