Dodie Smith Quotes

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

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• When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Friends
  • Common
  • Fast

• The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Women
  • Best
  • Path

• I am a passionate civil libertarian.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Passionate
  • Libertarian
  • Civil

• President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Security
  • Reputation

• I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Army

• People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.

  

  Warren Spector
  • People
  • Time
  • Kids

• I know I look super young.

  

  Rachel Bilson
  • Know
  • Look
  • Young

• My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Time
  • Me
  • Stage

• I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.

  

  Gallant
  • Family
  • School
  • Remember

• The Flash could do everything twice as fast. Except you never saw him think twice as fast or speak twice as fast. Could he do math faster than the other superheroes? Could he compute the tip for the bill twice as fast?

  

  Ira Glass
  • Think
  • Speak
  • Math

• During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Practice
  • Key
  • Swing

• It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • True
  • Reason
  • Like

• Low unemployment numbers are clear indicators that Republican tax relief and economic policies are spurring growth and helping businesses hire new workers while providing American families with job security.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • Job
  • American
  • Growth

• Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Hand
  • Decision
  • Woman

• The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Parents
  • Powerful
  • Influence

• I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat.

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Love
  • Child
  • Eat

• In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Up
  • Work
  • Heart

• In those days I was new to covers; merely felt pleased that a story of mine had been honored. I later met Rogers who did some of my early covers and I was impressed with him.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Story
  • New
  • Early

• Of course, the most important factor of all for long life is a good family. When a person goes home with the wife or the kids giving him endless headaches, then it's hard for that person to enjoy a long life. I am very fortunate, because my wife Elizabeth and my obedient children are very good; they have given me happiness.

  

  John Gokongwei
  • Life
  • Good
  • Important

• As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Trying
  • Done
  • Attention

• Looking at my own prom photograph reminds me of how significant that moment was - and how fleeting life is.

  

  Mary Ellen Mark
  • Life
  • Prom

• We would like you to reach the place where you're not willing to listen to people criticize one another... where you take no satisfaction from somebody being wrong... where it matters to you so much that you feel good, that you are only willing to think positive things about people... you are only willing to look for positive aspects; you are only willing to look for solutions, and you are not willing to beat the drum of all of the problems of the world.

  

  Esther Hicks
  • World
  • Good
  • Problem

• The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

  

  Dodie Smith
  • Family
  • Wish
  • Octopus