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Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.


Tracy Chevalier

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TRACY SUTTON When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to...
TRACY LETTS The students really enjoyed the response from the adult day care center. I think that's when it real...
TRACY SMITH Faith is the only thing we have right now.
TRACY SMITH Kansas.gov provides a user-friendly gateway for citizens to efficiently interact with government. Th...
TRACY SMITH It's truly unbelievable. Remember, this is one of the beacons of New Orleans: the convention center!...
TRACY SMITH The schedule is something we wanted to address. We think with the addition of Miami (Fla.) and some ...
TRACY SMITH We're hoping that this will help with communication with staff, students and very much so with the p...
TRACY SMITH So the content will be more dynamic which will lead to more people using the site.
TRACY SMITH We discovered that more than 90 percent of [the] students have Internet access, so we're trying to p...
TRACY SMITH We have a young team.
TRACY SMITH I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame th...
TRACY MORGAN When you are older, you realize that no one was every thinking about you at all.
BRIAN TRACY To be wealthy, you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence.
BRIAN TRACY I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clea...
TRACY KIDDER It's muddled. To be as muddled as it is now is ... intriguing.
JIM TRACY We want to offer our customers the convenience of coming into the store and shopping when their busy...
TRACY PAWELSKI [This free yearly concert at Ford Pavilion in Beaumont, Texas, on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 6PM, ...
TRACY BYRD You don't get far with people by judging them, and one of the nice things of my profession is I don'...
TRACY KIDDER I'm obsessed with my PlayStation. I'll come home and plug away at 'Fallout' for a co...
TRACY SPIRIDAKOS So little is known about this illegal program that it's akin to legislating in the dark.
TRACY SCHMALER When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that'...
TRACY MCGRADY If you like a person you say 'let's go into business together.' Man is a social animal a...
BRIAN TRACY