Joe Cornish Quotes
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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It's a trend to insult Wale, like that makes you cool on the Internet, and a part of it is because I respond.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
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For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
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I knew I was good at sports, and I knew I loved acting and performing, so I really dove into that, and school always became secondary.
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Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back.
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I believe that I exist for the people. I'm just here to try to make a difference, and hopefully, the people listen and trust me enough to contribute.
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Mercury dropped the purple car and shot up into the air, whistling like a shooting star. The woman in the car next to me looked up at me like I was a superhero. I smiled at her and jumped down, trying to be smooth. I landed wrong and went sliding on my face. I glanced back at her. She appeared less impressed than before.
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I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.
