Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
And then I say to myself that we should believe in that which we felt when we were strong and happy rather than in that which we feel when we are sick and sad. Do you not think, Judith, that one is more truly oneself in times of joy than in times of sorrow?
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
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I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I think the main thing I look for when I look at scripts is if it's inspirational. If it's something that teenagers can relate to. And is it something that the audience is going to get something out of. If not, then it's really not worth doing.
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People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring country and pop and folk and live music together with a mass audience. I could have sung 'Easy' in a country way but I just sang it how I sing. I think it's a really nice blend.
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I do not believe they've run out of surprises.
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Actona is a healthy company with strong values, very competent management and a solid organisation.
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That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
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'What matters,' Sister Vigilante says, 'is, people need a monster they can believe in.' A true horrible enemy. A demon to define themselves against. Otherwise, it's just us versus us.
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Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need it. 'A Day In the Life' has gorgeous fills, but there, the song needs it. When I play on any record, I'm striving to get where Ringo is. You play what doesn't take you out of the song.
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I love 'The Bachelor!' Yeah, all people love 'The Bachelor.'
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Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.
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I'm not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I... hate texts.
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
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The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
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A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.
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Liberals are very much afraid of conservative women, and here's the reason why - more people agree with us. They want the government to have less control over their lives.
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I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.
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What great writers have done to cities is not to tell us what happens in them, but to remember what they think happened or, indeed, might have happened. And so Dickens reinvented London, Joyce, Dublin, and so on.
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I never brought it up when I coached, but I have close ties at Ohio State. Unfortunately, I even have a graduate degree from there.
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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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You know, I don't watch television! Sorry! I actually don't even have a television. I don't, I really don't. It's nuts, but it's true.
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If I interview somebody for an hour, I'm looking for four amazing minutes.
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And then I say to myself that we should believe in that which we felt when we were strong and happy rather than in that which we feel when we are sick and sad. Do you not think, Judith, that one is more truly oneself in times of joy than in times of sorrow?
