Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
The value of little things was heightened by her enjoyment of them; the value of life itself was heightened because she had bought her knowledge of it with bitter sorrow and yet in her old age could wear it with such grace.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
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Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And so agriculture will be the backbone of the economy of South Sudan.
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It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.
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Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
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I do Taekwondo and sometimes I paint.
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Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses.
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In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.
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When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.
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If a traditional publisher offered me a quarter of a million dollars for a novel, I'd consider it. But anything less than that, I'm sure I can do better on my own.
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There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.
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Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles.
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Up to a certain time I was cutting into things. Then I realized that the thing I was cutting was the cut. Rather than cut into the material, I now use the material as the cut in space.
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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
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In the pre-production process, I am emailing with the actors or jumping on the phone, and we're sort of figuring out who the characters are and trying to build the relationship dynamic and things like that. Then, also, I am outlining.
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So, the tendency of our childish nature is to take small things too seriously and get easily offended, whereas when we are confronted with situations which have long-term consequences, we tend to take things less seriously
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For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible.
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The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.
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I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.
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Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.
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The value of little things was heightened by her enjoyment of them; the value of life itself was heightened because she had bought her knowledge of it with bitter sorrow and yet in her old age could wear it with such grace.
