Virginia Woolf Quotes
To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off, even if the audience doesn't have it revealed to them. I think it's important that the audience makes up their own mind.
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What makes the bravery of the men and women of the FBI so special is that they know exactly what they're in for. They spend weeks and weeks in an academy learning just how hard and dangerous this work is. Then they raise their right hands and take an oath and do that work anyway.
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I've shot all over the world with crews from all over the world. The work ethic is the same. Bollywood is my career; it's what I do.
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That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.
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I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.
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To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.
