Virginia Woolf Quotes
To put it in a nutshell, he was afflicted with a love of literature. It was the fatal nature of this disease to substitute a phantom for reality.
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
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'Rome' was one of my favourite shows, and I wish HBO had given it three more seasons 'cause I would have loved to continue watching it.
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Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you.
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People are so used to reading novels now, they just read a poem straight through to get the meaning. And that's something totally different from the slow way you read something if it's a tune; which to me a poem has to be.
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If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?
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My desire to compete has grown with each level of competition and is what still excites me today. I am blessed to have gone from the playground to winning a college national championship to representing my country and winning two Olympic gold medals.
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To put it in a nutshell, he was afflicted with a love of literature. It was the fatal nature of this disease to substitute a phantom for reality.
