Saoirse Ronan Quotes
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
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Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
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I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.
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A person who knows but a little will put on an air of knowledge. This is a matter of inexperience. When someone knows something well, it will not be seen in his manner.
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The agenda of burning embassies and treading on flags has its objective, of which seeking an apology for defaming our prophet is not among them at all.
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Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.
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The early reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush's administration thrown in for good measure.
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Eventually we even got to the point where we could disagree with Bernard Leach. I mean, when we first went there, gee, I mean, this was a man who had written a book. He was, in a sense, God, and we for the first couple of weeks called him Mr. Leach.
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By ancestry, I was born to rule.
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I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well.
