Brenda Ueland Quotes
It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.
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I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
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I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim.
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My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.
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A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
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I try to cook dinner, but it's difficult when I'm working.
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We don't work with anyone.
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It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.
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People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.
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I think there's too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques.
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Left to face a hungry winter robbed of their hard-earned harvests, the people experienced their own warrior class not as protectors but ravagers.
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Completing any writing project, particularly a novel, is a daunting prospect. Many people become frozen by the prospect. Others keep waiting for the right time. Some wait for the spark of inspiration. Even experienced writers find it is easier to do anything other than actually write.
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I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.
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I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.
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When I get mean, I get mean.
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My dad has spent 20 years of his life working in child protection and writing policy for organisations across Australia in order to recognise and safeguard against abuse.
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My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!'
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It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.
