Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
It was only in his rare moments of silence, when his face fell into repose and the laughter died out of his eyes and his full lips drooped one upon the other, that one observer in a thousand might have known him for a man who dared not think. In those moments he looked like a mangy, sad old lion looking out upon the splendor of the grand old days from behind the bars of his prison cell.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
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I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.
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I'm not one to think of burying my head in the sand - I've always been a positive person and still am now.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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It was only in his rare moments of silence, when his face fell into repose and the laughter died out of his eyes and his full lips drooped one upon the other, that one observer in a thousand might have known him for a man who dared not think. In those moments he looked like a mangy, sad old lion looking out upon the splendor of the grand old days from behind the bars of his prison cell.
