Donna Leon Quotes

I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

Donna Leon

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• I was initially a leading man, but only on television.

  

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• All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.

  

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• I think people appreciate honesty.

  

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• First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

  

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• I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red.

  

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• Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil.

  

  J. C. Ryle
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• No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.

  

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• Is it really true that religion makes people more kindly, generous, or loving? History tends to disprove this. The worst wars, the most vicious Inquisitions, the cruelest pogroms and persecutions, were both fomented and supported by religion.

  

  Barbara G. Walker
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• For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.

  

  Zoe Sugg
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• Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.

  

  Jack Keane
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• I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.

  

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• You measure a government by how few people need help.

  

  Patricia Schroeder
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• I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
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• I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

  

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• No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this particular tunnel. It's the nature of the beast, and it's a part of what compels us. Every movie is a new lesson you learn making your way through it.

  

  R. J. Cutler
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• When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.

  

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• Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

  

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• Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

  

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• I'm reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I've got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice.

  

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• The kitchen is a sacred space.

  

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• I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.

  

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• Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don't regard others as strangers.

  

  Dalai Lama
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  • Up
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• As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.

  

  Jim Broadbent
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• I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

  

  Donna Leon
  • Military