James Martineau Quotes
The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't know if I'll ever make a record, or if this is always going to be something just floating around in my head.'
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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I can't take anything seriously.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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A lot of the artists that people equate my work to, I didn't find out about until after graduate school.
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He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers.
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My work is not generally in the commercial sector. However, I'm not worried by the commercial sector. I refuse to work in any other way except the way that I work.
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I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
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What we ask of him is, that he should find out for us more than we can find out for ourselves.... He must have the passion of a lover.
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The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
