Pauline Collins Quotes
We all think we're liberated when we have more of everything, don't we? That's what the media tell us.
Quotes to Explore
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Value is what you get.
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Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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When we did Dynasty, it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!
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Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.
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We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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It took a lot of time to find my stride, and it was really humbling.
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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
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We've all said, 'No, no, I couldn't do that... ' But actually, you could if you just went, 'You know what? I will... and I shall.' Once you realise that, it's quite wonderful.
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We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
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'Alec is beautiful,' said Jill, bending down to kiss him.'Like a mushroom cloud!' scoffed Balkister.
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'It was sad to see his tall figure receding in the dark as we drove away, just like the other figures in New York and New Orleans: they stand uncertainly underneth inmense skies, and everything about them is drowned. Where go? what do? what for? - sleep.'
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'I cannot live with myself any longer.' This was the thought that kept repeating itself in my mind. Then suddenly I became aware of what a peculiar thought it was. 'Am I one or two? If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me: the ‘I’ and the ‘self’ that ‘I’ cannot live with.' 'Maybe,' I thought, 'only one of them is real.'
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Culture hides more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants.
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I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that doesn't really get enough attention. Everybody struggles with feeling alone or that they are going through something they don't quite understand.
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Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.
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A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.
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My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!
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"This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding."
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We all think we're liberated when we have more of everything, don't we? That's what the media tell us.
