Darcey Bussell Quotes
I had once been told my ability to read would only reach that of a ten-year-old, but I was determined to achieve more.
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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Cognitive neuroscience, and social theorists from Weber to Bourdieu, have recognized that humans act, most of the time, habitually, not reflectively. Both at intrastate and inter-states levels, habits play critical roles in mitigating uncertainty, providing a sense of order, and entrench patterns of cooperation or enmity.
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I am still not a fussy eater, although I do enjoy good food.
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Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will be just a few minutes.
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All artists are crazy.
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Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.
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I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.
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Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
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As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins.
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The boundary between neurology and psychiatry is becoming increasingly blurred, and it's only a matter of time before psychiatry becomes just another branch of neurology.
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When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.
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The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.
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My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day.
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I honestly don't know what criteria makes someone right-wing or left-wing anymore. The boundaries of those definitions seem to be in a state of flux. I'm not socialist, I know that.
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A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.
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I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.
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Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness as to mock all description.
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I'm obsessed with books. When a good book hits me, it's all I can think about and all I can do.
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I had once been told my ability to read would only reach that of a ten-year-old, but I was determined to achieve more.
