Robert Wilson Lynd Quotes
Swinburne was an absurd character. He was a bird of showy strut and plumage. One could not but admire his glorious feathers; but, as soon as he began to moult ... one saw how very little body there was underneath.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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I learned that despite having years and years of experience in math and computer science and so on, I didn't really know how to code until I formed a company.
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Unfortunately, I'm very accident-prone.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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It is only the forcible propagation of conventional Christianity that makes the agnostic so bitter toward the church. He knows that all the doctrines cannot possibly be true, but he would view them with toleration if he were asked merely to let them alone for the benefit of the masses whom they can help and succour.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.
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With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
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One can only imagine how Iranians or Afghans would deal with unelected judges moving to de-Islamicize their nations.
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There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned later from the delightful little book of the Abbé de Bucquoy, there are also visions of books as yet unwritten.
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The threat from radical Islamic jihadists is real and needs to be taken seriously.
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As a creative person you just get an idea in your head, and sometimes you just can't shake it off.
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I will say that adapting a character like Da Vinci really wasn't that dissimilar from doing Batman or Superman. Because all three of these guys are really iconic figures, and yes, Da Vinci was historical, but there's clearly been a lot of mythmaking about him, and a lot of things have been attributed to him that may or may not have happened.
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My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.
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Swinburne was an absurd character. He was a bird of showy strut and plumage. One could not but admire his glorious feathers; but, as soon as he began to moult ... one saw how very little body there was underneath.
