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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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'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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The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.
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Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurities about married actresses. I don't know about others. But I am not going anywhere after marriage.
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We have thought that because children are young they are silly. We have forgotten the blind stirrings, the reaching outward of our own youth.
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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I am happy that America continues to be, for many, a land of dreams. Dreams which lead to action, to participation, to commitment. Dreams which awaken what is deepest and truest in the life of a people.
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'T is sweet, as year by year we loseFriends out of sight, in faith to museHow grows in Paradise our store.
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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.
