Does anyone else find Diana Gabaldon pretentious?
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LOVE her books.  Don't care abouther personality, as long as she keeps writing.....
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I find her to seem kinda the arrogant type.  I dont know!  I didnt like her at her audition & I still dont.  I just find her boring!  Im pulling for Taylor to win!
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I think she's hot but she's not that pretty. Also, from some comments she's made, it seems like she is dumb and ignorant.
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I agree with you. whats the point if you don't put our opinion from your heart. that's stupid. originality shows who your person is.. it would frustrate me too...
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I'm the American son of a British father, so I hold dual national status and carry both US and UK passports. I am thus able to view this from both perspectives, I think, so I'll toss in my two cents/pence.\n\nThe Royals are indeed pointless in terms of actual power and general usefulness (the Queen is only the titular head of state and wields no real power that I can see -- and quite right too!) and they cost the British taxpayer an absolute fortune to house, clothe, feed and protect in the almost obscene luxury and style to which they are accustomed. \n\nThat said, they also bring in mega tourist dollars/pounds/euros and all the media attention associated with prestige, pomp and circumstance. I sometimes wonder if they are more beloved in the former British colonies than at home. Odd, that. Still, there are very clearly many Britons who remain loyal and supportive of the titular monarchy, even as there are many who would love nothing better than to see them deposed and made to work for a living. It is quite a conundrum, isn't it?\n\nAs to your query about why they interest people so much, your guess is as good as mine. I expect it's because we live in such a celebrity culture (on both sides of the pond and in most other modern, westernized nations, as well) and people just can't get enough of this sort of thing. It goes without saying that I am made nauseous by this fact, but I am hardly representative of either my fellow countrymen or those in the land of my forebears. \n\nFor what it's worth, I think the much-maligned Prince Charles is actually an intelligent and generally decent man with sound ideas regarding the environment, architecture, etc. His father is a complete jackanapes who puts his foot in his mouth on a regular basis. The Queen herself is okay with me, albeit as pompous and dowdy as a modern monarch could even dream of being. I always liked the late Princess Diana and was sorry for her tragic loss. I like Fergie, as well. Prince William seems a decent and responsible sort but Harry is trouble and will doubtless remain so, his training at Sandhurst notwithstanding.\n\nI'll not bother with the rest of the Royals and I expect you have your own well-formed views in any case. I think the best and fairest thing to do would be for the British people to hold a referendum on the desirability of the monarchy, literally a popular vote with an up or down verdict. I confess I would be very intrigued to see the end result. Please keep me posted, ok?
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i dont think so. i hope not cause her character is really good.
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Nah I dont like the way she uses her authority to be a smart*ss to people but demands their respect because she is behind the judges gavel! I honestly dont think I could spend 5 minutes with her and her swollen headed ego.
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i absoloutly feel the same as her. Her generation went through a lot to give my generation equality. Look at what were doing. Degrading ourselves and running all of her hard work in to the ground. Yes it makes me sick...\n\ni mean i listen to a little ( and i do mean a little) rap and i like to look at the nice blinging cars too, but the whole mentality of basically sitting on your butt and becoming ignorant and bringing ignorant children into the world is wrong. I mean in my grandmothers time being well educated was looked up apon. Now it considered bad or "acting white" to be smart. Being a dumb a$$ is "cool."  \n\nbut yeah luv, i see where shes coming from...\n\npeace and love- chai
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I dunno. I find Becks a little too foofy for my liking. He just seems very carefully put together, rather than making it seem effortless.
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You've just totally spoiled it for me! I'm from the UK and we aren't up to that yet.  I'm sure it will be sad but i've really gone off her recently in how she played Ryan and stuff and how she is with the people who care about here....she's all me me me and doesn't care about who she hurts!\n\nBut i am still kinda sad and sad i know what's gonna happen!
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I think she is a joke.  She is only in the spot light becuase her daddy ownes a huge name hotel.  She is full of herself
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I am sure her mum loves her. \n\nBut I don't find her music, or acting pursuits (and certainly not her personal life) to be worthy of my adulation.
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I don't think so...at least not anytime soon. She is focusing more on her modern suspense/romance genre. Which is a shame because Saving Grace is one of my favorite books. If you like Julie Garwood - you should read Judith McNaught's historical romances (that is, if you haven't already). They are some of the best of the bunch - Whitney, My Love is the best but Once and Always, Something Wonderful and Until You are excellent historical romances.
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I don;t feel any real degree of sincerity from her, so her veracity comes into question
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I think she is annoying. She also must be stupid. They talk like she is unhappy with her husband and yet she is having another baby with him? DUH!
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thank you!\nshe is VERY overrated!\nlook at her magazine, she always puts herself on the cover
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I think she dosent try to be ignorant but comes across as ignorant of other peoples cultures. She always compares herself to them saying "no, see in my house I would let them microwave something and dinners done." I think she is a little dramatic and too animated at times too. She comes across fake. Sometimes you can tell the people shes talking to are a little annoyed. They probly talk bad about her in their language because she dosent understand them. If they had a different host, the show would be perfect.