Ella Maillart Quotes
The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
Quotes to Explore
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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I thought 'Garfunkel and Oates' would be too confusing, but it ended up being confusing in the best of ways because the first time we played a comedy club, it was because they thought we were the real Garfunkel and Oates.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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Act because you love to act.
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Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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For a few years, there were three shows running on Broadway that I had all opened: 'Chicago,' 'Wicked' and 'Anything Goes.'
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I'm a huge Aerosmith fan.
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It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
