James Broughton Quotes

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

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• I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.

  

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• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
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• I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

  

  Barbara McClintock
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• I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.

  

  Jack Keane
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• One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'

  

  Jack Keane
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• Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Sometimes
  • Vision
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• I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.

  

  Zendaya
  • Up
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• The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • People
  • High
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• I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'

  

  FKA twigs
  • Want
  • Years
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• If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Great
  • School
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• Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • City
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• My mother, Robin Bell, is the master of balancing the finite line between classic and creative when it comes to fashion. Mom has no qualms about unleashing the pinking shears on a vintage Givenchy dress if it means she'll wear it more once it's sleeveless.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Mother
  • Fashion
  • Creative

• I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
  • Meet
  • Agreement
  • Ambassadors

• I trust bitcoin more than I trust my bank.

  

  Adam Draper
  • Trust
  • Bank
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• I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Time
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• Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.

  

  Zoe Lofgren
  • Enjoy
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  • Retirement

• I never thought that I'd be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partner, I was like, 'Does he even dance?' He doesn't, really, but he's such a sweet person.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Dance
  • Thought
  • Sweet

• I love to hang out with my friends and go to the movies. My mom and I are involved in the Mother/Daughter Organization - national charity work. Whenever I get free time, we volunteer. It's an organization so mothers and daughters can spend time together while volunteering.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • Time
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  • Friends

• Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.

  

  Oswald Mosley
  • Men
  • Real
  • Power

• Worse than bad reviews is to be ignored.

  

  Neil Diamond
  • Bad
  • Ignored
  • Reviews

• I got my first break and became a singing waiter at eighteen or nineteen. I couldn't make a living at it. I quit. Then I got married and sold aluminum siding. My wife had problems physically. It was not good.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Good
  • Wife
  • Singing

• Toni: Well... straight couples get respect when they marry. Maybe we need to make some kind of symbolic affirmation of our commitment to one another!Clarice: You mean...Toni: Yes! Let's open a joint checking account!Clarice: Oh, darling! But this is so sudden!

  

  Alison Bechdel
  • Respect
  • Commitment
  • Affirmation

• Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Art
  • Happy
  • Respect

• Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

  

  James Broughton
  • Respect