Jacqueline du Pre Quotes
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We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.
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Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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I'm quite physical. I'm from one of those dog-walking families where hiking up a mountain is meant to be fun.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
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Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
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The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.
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Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
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I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.
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I hate to cook and love to eat.
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A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person point of view, so the reader is right behind the eyes of each character, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel.
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“Laurence?” “Yeah.” He shrugged. And then his eyes grew. “Patricia?” “Yeah.” “Oh, cool. It’s good to, uh, see you again. How have you been?”
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.
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Contrary to what we learn from progressives in education and the media, the history of the Democratic Party well into the twentieth century is a virtually uninterrupted history of thievery, corruption, and bigotry.
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In short form I'll say it was an approach to the family and to [author] Jon Krakauer that then led to me seeming to rise to the top of the heap of several filmmakers that were trying to get the rights. And by top of the heap I mean in terms of being somebody that was trusted to do it as they said they were going to attempt to do it and that this way of doing it would be something they would be willing to allow.
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Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.
