Helen Keller Quotes
Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...
Quotes to Explore
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I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation.
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I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.
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I can't stand girls who laugh at everything I say like I'm the funniest guy in the world. I like girls who tell it like it is, no kissing up to me because I'm on TV.
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I love Perth. It is my home, and no matter where I am in the world, Perth is where my heart is.
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I will not be a traitor of God to please the whole world.
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Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...
