Mary Augusta Ward Quotes
I loved nearly all my teachers; but it was not till I went home to live at Oxford, in 1867, that I awoke intellectually to a hundred interests and influences that begin much earlier nowadays to affect any clever child.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.
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On the road you have to be more organized. Also, a crowd's energy helps you focus. Nothing compares to playing live. You have to slamdunk whatever you're playing. In the studio, you can do things over.
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I'm not a Republican.
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If you was bleach and I was hair, I wouldn't die (dye) fo' ya'!
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We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism or for a heavy package of despair, or even a quivering portion of hysteria. Opinions can be picked up cheap in the market place while such commodities as courage and fortitude and faith are in alarmingly short supply.
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I loved nearly all my teachers; but it was not till I went home to live at Oxford, in 1867, that I awoke intellectually to a hundred interests and influences that begin much earlier nowadays to affect any clever child.
