Freya Stark Quotes
To feel, and think, and learn - learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
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I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I'm a natural blonde!
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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No adultery is bloodless.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.
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Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example, were regarded by earlier Christians as sin. Today we may look on these as weaknesses of the will but certainly not sin. We even joke about our overeating and other indulgences instead of crying out to God in confession and repentance.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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In a weird way, I think I'm much better at oneshots than longform. So I try to focus on five or six-issue arcs. I have a real fondness for the one-shots because that's where I do my best storytelling.
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There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.
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To feel, and think, and learn - learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense
