Jane Porter Quotes
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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I love action movies.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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I won't do a role which children in my family cannot look up to.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?
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My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
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Moreover, the whole purpose of God's mighty acts is to bring man to know Him by faith; and Scripture knows no foundation for faith but the spoken word of God, inviting our trust in Him on the basis of what He has done for us.
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I want to do 'The Graduate!' When Lorraine Bracco's finished, I'm up for it.
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I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. I've never had an affair with her.
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And thou wert lovely to the last,Extinguish'd, not decay'd;As stars that shoot along the skyShine brightest as they fall from high.
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Register my money, for the money gymnastic. Cause I make it flip now they be lookin all nasty.
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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
