Freya Stark Quotes
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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The raising to life of all animate beings at the resurrection of the dead can be no more difficult for Divine Power than restoring to life a fly in the spring, heavy with the death-stained sleep of winter.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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The best leaders over the long term are those who have a sound home life.
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I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I've only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind.
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Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker, you may have a certain goal for the day. But the truth is, as soon as you win, more often than not the first thing that comes to mind is: If I'd bet more, I would have won more.
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I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence.
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It is only the unexpected that ever makes a customs officer think.
