Essie Davis Quotes
I often get mistaken for all different kinds of ages; some of them flattering, some of them not.
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Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used it. I've used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they're all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add.
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I don't even like parties.
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When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.
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There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.
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I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going to college. I think that grows the economy. I think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veterans who fought for our country. That grows our economy.
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My definition of evil is unfriendliness.
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The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
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As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion.
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There is no better way of industrializing the villages of India than the spinning wheel.
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I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.
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There is no excuse for it; it has to stop.
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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
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Your soul is the whole world.
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People elect me to make sure the chief of police is the right chief of police. They elect me to make sure I have the right person running the airport.
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[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.
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Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow who is.
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It's fun seeing my label on someone's behind - I like that.
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I don't really understand why we are paid less than the male actors, because we put equal efforts, and recent past has shown that actresses can deliver a hit film. We deserve better pay, equal to what actors get.
