Charles Olson Quotes
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When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
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I'd imagine my wedding as a fairy tale... huge, beautiful and white.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.
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My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours.
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The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
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We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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That's the one criteria I have - I can't do an impression of someone I don't like.
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Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.
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I represent an emerging group of leaders within the Jewish community who are conservatives; not just fiscal conservatives, but social conservatives as well.
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I love a burger and fries, but it's not what I crave. I love to eat healthily.
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I've never been a Clinton fan. He's had some accomplishments, and he's very skilled at politics, but, you know, he's had some successes and a very good economy. And the question is how much or how little of that does he deserve credit for.
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Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.
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I love acting and would love to do it more. It's harder to go into acting as a model now than it ever was because so many models are doing the same thing. I want to do anything that's challenging and not within my comfort zone, and a Bond girl is so different to who I am.
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I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.
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Merlin’s beard, Harry, you made me jump,” said Slughorn, stopping dead in his tracks and looking wary. “How did you get out of the castle?” “I think Filch must’ve forgotten to lock the doors,” said Harry cheerfully, and was delighted to see Slughorn scowl.
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Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.
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There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.
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When you expand a business as fast as McDonald's did, part of the strength you have is the process and the efficiency.
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Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend my life trying to find flaws in this understanding - such is the role of a scientist.
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I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer.
