Daphne du Maurier Quotes
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
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I wanted to go into prison and come out a better person - mentally, physically. So, I read a lot of books, got my GED while I was in there, and worked out every day. Strong body, strong mind.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
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The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
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I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then this idea of climbing Mount Everest came to my mind. It stuck in my head for days. Someone told me I couldn't do it, and that really annoyed me.
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Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.
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'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.
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The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so as not to embarrass him. But Bobby Kennedy had let them know that he didn't mind if they asked him questions and they did.
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The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isn't really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it.
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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'Quality' means what will sell and do a customer some good - at least try to.
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I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
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There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
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A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.
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I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
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The first big long-form work I did in comics was 'Scalped' for Vertigo, which ran for 60 issues.
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I can clap with one hand.
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I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
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Jack Benny: We're a little late, so good night, folks.
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Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
