Sharon Bolton Quotes
I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
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I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
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Are we meant to take more than we giveor are we meant to be kind?And if only fools are kind, Alfie,then I guess it's wise to be cruel.
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The Sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.
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A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above-average effort.
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La Fortuna, che dei pazzi ha cura.
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The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it.
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I remembered the times I'd second-guessed myself or questioned my own ability. The times when a little voice in my head worried that I didn't have the know-how or the experience to reach for an exciting opportunity.
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When I look at a woman through my camera, I see her with complete admiration and appreciation of her beauty, strength, and power - and that's how I do my best to represent her.
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A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.
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That messed me up, growing up in the public eye when I was a teenager. That's when everyone is trying to find themselves.
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When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.
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Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.
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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.
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I worked with Dionne Warwick, did shows with Bette Midler, and then I did the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Springsteen at the Garden. It was all important stuff because you want people to know you can work, you can sing, and you can still look good!
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Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.
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I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it.
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I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.
