Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954. My parents, thrilled, showered me with love.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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Most of my friends - when I was five, six, seven years old - their dads were working in an auto plant in Detroit until 5:30, and then they were sat in rush hour. They weren't around as much. My dad finished at three o'clock, so he was just around more.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.
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Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
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Singing is my entire life. I nearly lost that. I am so blessed to be able to do this. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.
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Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.
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The budget on cable television is dramatically less than network television.
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I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poetic form.
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
