Pearl S. Buck Quotes
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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When we meet a work of art, there's something about that encounter that isn't fixed in time, but rather, it unfixes time: the shaft opens. The past and present exist in the same moment, and we know, as beings, that we are connected. All the people who lived before us, all who will come after us, are connected in this moment.
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A poem Ellen reads at the end of the first season of 'Ellen'. Longer version appears in her book, 'My Point... And I Do Have One'.
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History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.
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I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.
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In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
