Phyllis Bottome Quotes
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.
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My wife said to me... you never understood what we were going through back home, did you? And I didn't. And I have to confess that.
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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For Eid - or Raya, as the Malaysians call it - we love to shop for new clothes for the festive season. There will be open houses to go to, and Malaysians love to look good for these.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied.
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The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.
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If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
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It's fun; baseball's fun.
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My so-called bad dress-sense phase happened when I was confused - I think I was taking advice all too often, without listening to my inner voice. Add to the fact that I was a little overweight; so every wrong 'outfit' got compounded all that much.
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I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.
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I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.
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Sundance was bullshit. Originally Sundance, Sundance maybe in its first few years, I wasn’t there but I went to Sundance for 10 years and it was a vassal of the majors. It was a vassal. Sundance was there to help Miramax and Fox Searchlight. That’s what was independent at Sundance.
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I’m just a propagandist and a propagandist doesn’t have to know what he is talking about, just so he talks about it most convincingly.
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Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product.
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When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.
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The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.
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Of course I would love to have another track as big as 'Animals,' but 'Animals' became big also because of luck, the timing, and hype.
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The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
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I've kind of become obsessed with the pedal steel. It's a beautiful sound, and the mechanics of it are so interesting.
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The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.
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Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
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I had my own ups and downs in getting Indian citizenship. But, ultimately I got it and I am happy about it. I like India. My love is here. I am a proud Indian.
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If you work at it, you can achieve it.
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There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.
