Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
The way God squandered Himself had always hurt her; and annoyed her too. The sky full of wings and only the shepherds awake. That golden voice speaking and only a few fishermen there to hear; and perhaps some of the words He spoke carried away on the wind or lost in the sound of the waves lapping against the side of the boat. A thousand blossoms shimmering over the orchard, each a world of wonder all to itself, and then the whole thing blown away on a southwest gale as though the delicate little worlds were of no value at all. Well, of all the spendthrifts, she would think and then pull herself up. It was not for her to criticize the ways of Almighty God; if He liked to go to all that trouble over the snowflakes, millions and millions of them, their intricate patterns too small to be seen by human eyes, and melting as soon as made, that was His affair and not hers. All she could do about it was to catch in her window, and save from entire waste, as much of the squandered beauty as she could.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.
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When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.
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I hate downtime.
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There's such a stereotype about men and women. Obviously, people think men are faster and stronger and all these other things, and I don't want people to get sucked into that anymore. I want them to realize that the women are out here and doing just as awesome things. They can be just as great, too.
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I really wanted to work with Kate Mulgurew and Natasha Lyonne.
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Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible.
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We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.
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When I tend to belt, it kind of reminds me of like a more '60s girl doo-wop kind of belting.
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After the first million, money isn't important.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.
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I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.
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The way God squandered Himself had always hurt her; and annoyed her too. The sky full of wings and only the shepherds awake. That golden voice speaking and only a few fishermen there to hear; and perhaps some of the words He spoke carried away on the wind or lost in the sound of the waves lapping against the side of the boat. A thousand blossoms shimmering over the orchard, each a world of wonder all to itself, and then the whole thing blown away on a southwest gale as though the delicate little worlds were of no value at all. Well, of all the spendthrifts, she would think and then pull herself up. It was not for her to criticize the ways of Almighty God; if He liked to go to all that trouble over the snowflakes, millions and millions of them, their intricate patterns too small to be seen by human eyes, and melting as soon as made, that was His affair and not hers. All she could do about it was to catch in her window, and save from entire waste, as much of the squandered beauty as she could.
