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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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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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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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23. I studied journalism in college, but after school, I got a job in public television and I never worked as a journalist for one moment.
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Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.
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In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.
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People pump gas and then they go in the store and pick up some things and pay for them, and they forget to mention the gas.
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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.
