Joyce Grenfell Quotes
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
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Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.
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I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.
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We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.
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For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.
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That was also my nickname in high school.
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I don't want to go to another roller-coaster ride of a movie. If I want that, I'll go to Magic Mountain. I'm really interested in the young directors that are doing different things in cinema. I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmores and the Being John Malkoviches. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that's what I'm passionate about.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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The code core of the 2001 browser upgrade campaign was the first instance of capability detection in place of browser detection.
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The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.
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I wouldn't know how to retire.
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Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.
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I've been known to sext from time to time. Gotta do whatcha gotta do! Even if it means you are doing five other things at the same time and just going along with it for your man.
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I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash.
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Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.
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Weep if you must Parting is hell But life goes on So sing as well.
