A.J. Cronin Quotes
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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I grew up in Hollywood during WWII, and my mother was afraid that my father was going to be drafted because she didn't think we were going to be able to live on army pay. She didn't want to have to get a job, so she decided to put me to work, and that's how I got started in the movies.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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People need to see where their dollars are going and what infrastructure is being built.
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My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend.
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Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.
