Mary Hunter Austin Quotes
Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.
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I'm so happy that I was able to make it to 120 games for Germany; 175 games would have been possible. I've had many great moments, but particularly the way the fans supported me and the road to the final in Rio.
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I said publicly last year that I wanted 2012 to be a great season, not just a good season. We certainly had a very good season and perhaps exceeded a few expectations. But Broncos fans, you and I know what a great season looks like.
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
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If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.
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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.
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I drove a brand new Lamborghini, the Huracan; it was great. We went on the Autobahn, and we got to drive on the Nurburgring.
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To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.
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The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter.
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I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.
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The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
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Being alive was all right then: he had not breathed like that for a long time.
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Teach and practice, practice and teach - that is all we have; that is all we are good for; that is all we ever ought to do.
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Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names.
