Martha Gellhorn Quotes
I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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I am tone deaf.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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There is a disturbing reincarnation of socialist and nationalist dictatorships raising their heads around the world and even in our own back yard. You see it in places like Venezuela and Bolivia, stoked in no small part by Cuba, and also in Central Asia, and troubling trends in Russia and China.
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
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It's very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.
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The whole Fannibal thing is predominantly something that happens in a world I don't know about, which is the Internet.
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In fact, you get the feeling nowadays that doing anything outside of the home is more honorable than working in the home. Dorothy Patterson characterizes the current mind-set in this way: Much of the world would agree that being a housekeeper is acceptable as long as you are not caring for your own home; treating men with attentive devotion would also be right as long as the man is the boss in the office and not your husband; caring for children would even be deemed heroic service for which presidential awards could be given as long as the children are someone else’s and not your own.
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I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person.
