Marion Chesney (M.C. Beaton) Quotes
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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People constantly describe me as a formalist or even a minimalist, but I'm not really bothered with the rules of painting or the history of painting. My approach is that everything is mine. I take what I can use from wherever, and then I forget where I've taken it from. But there is no point me making anything that looks like anyone else's.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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I think it is widely agreed that Carl Steinitz, over the 50 years he taught at Harvard, has been one of the most important figures in influencing the theory and practice of landscape architecture and the application of computer technology to planning.
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The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
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The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to hear over and over.
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I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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Republicans aren't interested in a one-sentence fix unless that sentence is, 'Obamacare is repealed.'
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What makes Jessica Jones series so unique is that it really is an allegory for many different types of abuse, whether it be sexual abuse, physical abuse, or psychological abuse. That's what makes this such an incredibly bold show.
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I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.
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When I was little, and whenever I had to wear a dress while my mother took up the hem or made any alterations, she told me to keep a thread from the dress in my mouth while she was sewing, and that would keep me from getting stuck by the needle.
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A lady is as young as the gentleman she feels," said Roy and cackled happily.
