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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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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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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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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And I think we need a combination of a freeze, potentially, and also we need to sit down with the - with the banking industry and talk to them about ways in which we can help them be able to work those mortgages out, because it's absolutely imperative that we keep people in their homes.
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I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.
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I wish I could talk like Donald Trump or Steve Wynn. Hell, I'd love it.
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The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.
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When I set up my Web site, I made a guestbook so kids can write to me there, and that's become one of the most popular parts of the site.
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This isn't a game for me. I love you, Ivy, and one day you're going to believe me.
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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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Nature's economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary. An economist without knowledge of nature is therefore like a physicist without knowledge of mathematics.
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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.
