James Russell Lowell Quotes
There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I have a great office.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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I've just always been a bit of a dork.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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George McGovern - and I campaigned very hard for his election - was not, in the summer of 1971, a strong feminist ally. But he did come around.
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In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.
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To grow a tomato or a pepper and prepare a meal from your labor and care is primordially satisfying.
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I'll post a video, and it might get 10,000 comments, and I'll scroll through and they'll all be lovely and nice - but then they'll be one saying, 'I hate you; I'm unsubscribing' and that's the one that sticks out and stays on your mind all day.
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In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
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To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work.
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I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.
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There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.
