Deborah Moggach Quotes
I've had a very lucky life because I'm of this generation where everything was possible.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
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Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
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I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh, this is exciting,' but after I got home, I looked back and thought, 'That was an incredible experience.' I got to work with some massive names in Hollywood, and I learnt so much, and then it really kind of struck me how life-changing it was.
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My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.
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I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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I have struggled with identity all my life. It's not like something that just happened last week.
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I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president.
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Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
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I came rather late to film. I've done an awful lot of theater before - before I discovered the camera, you know, seeing everything, requiring much less acting and - and much less presentation, much less projecting, more just being.
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I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't – that to me is not life.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: 'Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life'.
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Whoever has looked into the eyes of Jesus as he appears to us in his words knows that true happiness consists of service to this great One and his Spirit - and a life offerred to his work. Those who accept this mode of life, who know how to live it, become brothers and sisters.
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I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
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I have this fascination with being on the road, all things music, and the '70s. My favorite movie is 'Almost Famous.'
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I've had a very lucky life because I'm of this generation where everything was possible.
