Publilius Syrus Quotes
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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I try to give my best to everything I do. I don't think of housework as beneath my dignity; that's just the way I was brought up.
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When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.
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Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
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The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.
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It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It's exhausting. You have to force-feed. You have to force yourself to eat food.
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As the youngest of three girls, most of my childhood works were revenge fantasies against my older sisters, so of course the sisters in 'Pretty Girls' share some similarities to my own.
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That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
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When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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We are not communists.
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'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.
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I wanted to be the first female, young teenager producer, and it didn't happen. And when it finally did happen, I was shelved because I was signed to Warner Bros.
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It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.
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There's always a side of a woman that likes a man from the other side of the tracks.
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It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.
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The words they spoke were voices that she heard. She looked at them and saw them as they were And what she felt fought off the barest phrase.
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From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth.
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If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.
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Streets paved with opal sadness, Lead me counterclockwise, to pockets of joy, And jazz.
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When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.
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I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.
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Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona.
