Frederic Raphael Quotes
The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.
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Nothing ever goes away.
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Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
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I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military.
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In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.
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The biggest things in life are not materials.
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
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I don't belong to any country clubs. I don't have this big circle of friends. Where I make my friends is where I work.
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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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If you get criticized, good - I don't think people get criticized enough. People talk behind your back and they criticize you, but they don't often come up and say it to you.
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I have been given permission to announce that I and others from 'All My Children' have been approached by the company Prospect Park, who bought 'AMC,' with the intention to move it online.
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The ordinary experiences of aging alter and clarify your view of past, present, and future.
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When you're rehearsing, you get really inspired in the beginning, but then it becomes repetitious and you lose the magic. How do you get the magic again? The magic happens when you're not pushing it.
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I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up.
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Affirmative action makes employers think, 'Black woman nuclear physicist? Hah! Probably let her into Harvard 'cause they were looking for a twofer. Bet she got C's in high school practical math. Give her a job in personnel.'
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I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
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It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it.
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Poetry is the dark side of the moon.
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At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent.
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During one of my annual visits to the great Fred Winter's yard I said to him, 'Good God, Fred, your horses look magnificent. Beautifully fit.' Of course they do, you twit,' he said. 'They don't sit up all night drinking gin and tonic and playing cards.'
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The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.
