Charlotte Bronte Quotes
My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.
Quotes to Explore
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their biggest enemy is the army of lazy bums, whose lifestyle of indolence and hedonism, financed by crippling taxes on the rich, is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy.
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French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have to be loud and muscular to be scary, actually.
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And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.
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English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring.
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.
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No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.
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Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
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I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.
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My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.
