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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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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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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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
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I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you're on Jonathan Ross' or Graham Norton's show, inevitably there's something to sell. And there's a live audience; you're sat between Cameron Diaz and Tinie Tempah - I don't really see it as 'me.' It would be odd if it was.
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It's a small percentile of people who see one dime out of the music business.
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People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.
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The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.
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I don't drink liquor, but I do like chocolate ice cream soda.
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As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that.
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I went into therapy several times, but it rarely made an impact.
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Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any person.
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I think I've gotten everything I want out of the last years, and I still feel like I have a lot of options open to me.
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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.
