Ngaio Marsh Quotes
If you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.
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I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
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That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent.
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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Think about finding out when you're 13 that your dad is not your dad. It's like, okay, take it on the chin and keep going. No choice, really.
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I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.
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Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
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I'm not part of the friends-and-family club; I'm not part of the pay-to-play club; I'm not looking to get re-elected. I'm not looking to go to another office and fill my campaign coffers. I don't need any friends in Albany except the people of the state.
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Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
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If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.
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I'm always looking for complicated characters in fiction about whom I can feel a dozen feelings at once - in the space of a single paragraph, even.
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And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless.
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Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if there were other needles.
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I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.
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When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
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I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
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It goes without saying that it's important to vote.
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If you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.
