Madeleine L'Engle Quotes
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.
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Because I find writing painful, I try to get it over with as fast as possible. But I write every day, or I lose the thread.
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The fondest dream of the information age is to create an archive of all knowledge. You might call it the Alexandrian fantasy, after the great library founded by Ptolemy I in 286 BC.
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There's always a dinner to go to. There're always loads of people around. I was having fun working with my friends. For a while it all just kind of rolled together in a great way.
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That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
