Pearl S. Buck Quotes
In the midst of possible world war, of wholesale destruction, I find my only question this: are there enough people now who believe? Is there time enough left for the wise to act? It is a contest between ignorance and death, or wisdom and life. My faith in humanity stands firm.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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An egg white omelet with vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.
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As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.
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Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, is a criterion of iniquity.
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Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space, and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith. They may be right, but in any event their attitude is one which does not bear logical examination - for a faith which cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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In the midst of possible world war, of wholesale destruction, I find my only question this: are there enough people now who believe? Is there time enough left for the wise to act? It is a contest between ignorance and death, or wisdom and life. My faith in humanity stands firm.
