Sylvia Ashton-Warner (Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner) Quotes
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
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As a girl I wanted the Cyndi Lauper hairstyle, with the shaved side of the head, or the Sharon Stone perm from 'Total Recall.'
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for.
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It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
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I went from working with Spielberg to working with Clint Eastwood - I might as well just retire.
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I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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My parents are OK with me wearing a small heel, up to 1.5 inches high. Heels give me height when I wear such long dresses. For me, they complete the outfit.
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'There is no situation so bad that the cops can't make it worse.'
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I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also write for some baroque opera festivals because this music is my real passion.
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If I had to start over, I'll do the same thing: street clothes are the future; the client can choose two or three things and combine them as she wants.
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One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.
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There is only one answer to destructiveness and that is creativity.
