M. Scott Peck Quotes
By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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Whether we can call 'Hell or High Water' this rogue buddy bank-heist movie, it's also a meditation on assimilation and failure and what happens when someone loses their purpose.
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I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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My home in Dallas is wonderful. I can walk everywhere. It's a pretty good hidden secret, Dallas. There are wonderful restaurants and a wonderful nightlife. It's just a beautiful city to be in.
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So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.
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I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.
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Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director - if they shtick it up or something. With 'Little Miss Sunshine,' I was so concerned they weren't going to play the pageant official realistically because you don't have to wink to play those kinds of characters.
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As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well.
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By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.
