Desmond Harrington Quotes
That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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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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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me.
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The world as it is perceived by most people, is a world of finite resources.
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It is my greatest misfortune to be too lazy, and by the few mortifications I have already set with on that account I predict many evils in my future life. I have always the inclination to do what I ought; but by continually procrastinating for tomorrow the business of today, I insensibly delay, until at the end of one month I find myself in the same place as when I began it.
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That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.
