Daphne Gottlieb Quotes
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Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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I like being unconventional.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Cindy Crawford isn't pretty.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.
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Amateurs hope, professionals work.
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I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I don't have anything against organized religion per se. We all need something in our lives. I personally just have not accepted that belief. But I'm one of the few.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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It's when you begin to lie to yourself in a poem in order to simply make a poem, that you fail.
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British policy on Syria has wandered aimlessly, a deadly mix of timidity and confusion. The lack of a coherent response, not just by Britain but by the wider international community, has allowed the situation in Syria to fester into the greatest humanitarian crisis of our lifetime. … We can and should do much more to help.
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I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.
