Pearl S. Buck Quotes
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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Working with children has done well for me. I don't find them intolerable or frustrating. They're just fun, full of energy, and happy to be there.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'
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I did 'Animal House' in 1978, then 'Local Hero' in 1983, and then in '88, 'Crossing Delancey.' And I realized that every three to five years, you need a big role to put you into the national psyche.
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Don't stop with your first draft.
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I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
