Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.
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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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Technology keeps progressing. Young people follow the curve. But as they get older, they get inertia, and they start deviating from that curve.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy.
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Being on a successful show is kind of like being a sea turtle. Every year, sea turtles lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs, but only a few manage to survive and mature. It's the same with TV pilots. There are so many great ideas, but for whatever reason only the lucky ones get picked up.
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I had no idea what I was signing up for. I auditioned for some random character. I knew the sides were fake, but what they were trying to capture was an emotional toughness and a woundedness. I knew I liked the character. I didn't know who the character was, but I liked the spirit of the character.
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The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
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People don't know the real me. The hard times I went through are what led me to my life now. I was a mess as a teen! I was kind of wild and really unhappy.
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Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.
