John Wilmot Quotes
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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We were all so different, temperamentally from one another, it's impossible to believe that we were together for so long. The cast and crew. How could we be more different from one another? It's difficult to imagine. But something lovely came of it.
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There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.
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I started a list of all my friends who had died of AIDS, and I stopped at 78. I think about things like that, and I'm just real glad to be here.
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I'm rather a practical person. I just get on and focus on what I have to do. I just don't get sleepless or suffer from the jitters.
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Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.
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Each day I lacerated myself thinking on her, but I didn't go back.
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Novels, like human beings, usually have their beginnings in the dark.
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
