Emma Orczy Quotes
In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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If you have a sense of irony or humour, you're usually cut down, as you're usually distorted or misinterpreted. So it does lead to us being slightly more dour and staid and predictable than would otherwise be the case, which I personally find quite frustrating - because if you don't laugh occasionally in my job, you cry most of the time.
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We're being challenged to do something so profound, it's unprecedented in the history of our species, and there couldn't be more at stake. It's not even our species at stake; it's the whole dream of life on earth that's taken 4.5 billion years to realize - all this beautiful pastoral life on earth.
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I've reached a point in my life where going to the supermarket is a day out.
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In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.
