Frank Moore Colby Quotes
One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.
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The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.
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Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.
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Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.
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You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you; where you hold your breath while releasing the shutter, not because you are afraid of jarring the camera, but because you are seeing with your guts wide open to the sweet pain of an image that is part of your life.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.
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I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.
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When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.
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It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival of the first mass-market PCs.
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For Komen, for myself, the mission was always foremost in everyone's mind. The mission and the women that we serve. The only group that made this issue political has been Planned Parenthood.
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My least favorite joke right now is Donald Trump.
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I've met some great people that deal with me in the press. I've also met some people that were very dishonorable, frankly.
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I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.
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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
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One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.
