James Herriot Quotes
I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I would love to work with Anthony Hopkins; I would love to work with Meryl Streep; I would love to work with DeNiro; I would love to work with Johnny Depp; I'd love to work with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow... I think she's amazing.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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I grew up in Albany Park in Chicago and then went to Lake View High School.
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I got married quite early. And then I had a son. I had a family. And this may be hard to believe, but I am a complete family kinda girl.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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You have to know the forces that are against you and that are trying to break you down. We talk about the problems facing the black community: the decimation of the black family; the mass incarceration of the black man; we're talking about the brutality against black people from the police. The educational system.
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I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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As a writer and a mom, I wish I could split into two or three different people so I could be with my kids all day, write all day, and go out and do the interviews all day. Multiplicity woman!
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I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.
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When I was younger, I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.
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I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.'
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I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. Wed go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. I remember having twine for shoestrings.
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I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.
