Mary McLeod Bethune Quotes
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric.
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If you walk into my wardrobe, it's kind of hilarious. It's a sea of black.
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Strangely, although the world is already full of fearful things, mortals seems always to hunt for new worries.
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If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.
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I always wanted to be Olympic champion and do clean programs.
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Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
