Scilla Elworthy Quotes
We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'Ulysses.' When I asked for permission to use the text, I was refused, which was disappointing.
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To me, the word 'decadent' is so difficult to use; it's a very sensitive word, in a way.
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The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.
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The thing that makes love stories work, in my opinion, in movies and novels and country & western songs, is the feeling of longing.
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To be fertile in hypotheses is the first perquisite of creativity and to be willing to throw them away the moment experience contradicts them is the next.
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The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film.
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We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.
