Martin Henderson Quotes

I'm quite proud of growing up in New Zealand where, from quite early on in primary school, you're learning to count in Maori, Maori mythology and dances and colours and history, and I think that gives a child a really good grounding.

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• I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.

  

  Val McDermid
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• The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.

  

  Gary Valentine
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• Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?

  

  Halima Aden
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• What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

  

  Walter Pater
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• My real last name is Galifianakisburg.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
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• I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'

  

  Edgar Wright
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• At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.

  

  Carl Spitteler
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• When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.

  

  Halsey
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• Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

  

  Daniel Dennett
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• I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.

  

  Ted Yoho
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• I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.

  

  Campbell Scott
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• Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

  

  E. M. Forster
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• When you're rich you don't write checks.

  

  Randy Moss
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• Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.

  

  Abigail Washburn
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• I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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• Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.

  

  Malcolm Lowry
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• The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.

  

  Walter Gropius
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• Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.

  

  Larry David
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• There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.

  

  Corrie Ten Boom
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• I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence - helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.

  

  Warren Zevon
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• I have to say, though, it's a little strange doing both because Durant is very straight and stern and austere.

  

  Corbin Bernsen

• I'm quite proud of growing up in New Zealand where, from quite early on in primary school, you're learning to count in Maori, Maori mythology and dances and colours and history, and I think that gives a child a really good grounding.

  

  Martin Henderson
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