Lady Hester Stanhope Quotes
My roses are my jewels; the sun, moon, and stars my clocks; fruit and water my fare.
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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In social media, people cannot build big followings organically unless what they are putting out to the world has value.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
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There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.
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I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.
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The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish and played in America.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.
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As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.
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I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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Self-knowledge - the bitterest knowledge of all and also the kind we cultivate least: what is the use of catching ourselves out, morning to night, in the act of illusion, pitilessly tracing each act back to its root, and losing case after case before our own tribunal?
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There are days when I don't feel motivated and I don't want to get up to go to practice. I'm a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.
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My roses are my jewels; the sun, moon, and stars my clocks; fruit and water my fare.
