Jacqueline Winspear Quotes
What's interesting to me, is a moving someone through time; in a way, history is part of my landscape. And it fascinates me that history can be so easily reflected in what happens today.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
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I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.
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I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
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A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.
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Physical intimacy is easy. Emotional intimacy is hard.
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Friday, 14 March,
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Nothing could be older than the daily news, nothing deader than yesterday's newspaper.
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I saw clearly only when I saw with love. Or can one ever remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume. And that's the truth of roses, isn't it? - The perfume?
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Few men would be so gentle as to spare even the best, if by their destruction vile usurpers could become God's anointed, and by the most execrable wickedness invest themselves with that divine character.
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I had a very simple life growing up in the farm country outside of Perugia, and biscotti and warm milk with a tiny bit of coffee were a big part of my morning ritual before walking to school.
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Born in the Village. My mom still lives on Bleeker Street. I went to the performing arts high school.
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If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point out some of the negatives.
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History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
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I happen to love working in cinema, but the theater is always there... you know, and I would never shut the door on it. Even though it's been quite a bit of time since I've done a play, last one was in New York.
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What's interesting to me, is a moving someone through time; in a way, history is part of my landscape. And it fascinates me that history can be so easily reflected in what happens today.
