Mary Berry Quotes
Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when we lived in Youngstown, Ohio, I grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. I graduated from high school in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
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I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.
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I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion.
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I will run against anybody.
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You have to understand that I'm not just some guy who voices characters in animated movie and TV shows.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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I've always danced. I've always been around it.
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The disappointing second novel is measured against the brilliant first novel - often no novel lives up to the first. Literary improvement seems like an unfair expectation.
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L.A., for me, is a perfect microcosm of America - because it's so profligate, and so glamorous, and so anti-intellectual, finally.
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The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.
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Swimmer of noonday, lean for the perfect dive To the dead Mother's face, whose subtile down You had not seen take amber light alive.
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If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.
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Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.
