Martha Gellhorn Quotes
In the end, in England, when you want to find out how people are feeling, you always go to the pubs.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I love books.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.
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It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need the audience to tell you where to go.
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Worship with fulness of heart the weak memory of heaven!It cannot traceEither your name or your faceNobody knows you're still living.
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I voted to repeal the individual mandate in Obamacare... I think people appreciate the fact that they know where you stand.
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You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.
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In the end, in England, when you want to find out how people are feeling, you always go to the pubs.
