Elizabeth McGovern Quotes
Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.
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Many of the big decisions over progression, promotion and future career trajectory are taken when people are in their late twenties and thirties, putting women at a huge disadvantage because this is the very time they are most likely to be having a break to have children.
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People who are over-educated become risk-averse.
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration.
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Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.
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Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time.
