Rose Tremain Quotes
Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.
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The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.
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I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
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I am and will always be a Laker for life.
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I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
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Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men.
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Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.
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California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.
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Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.
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If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.
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In your imagination, you can perfect things in a way you can't do in your everyday life.
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Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
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If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.
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Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms.
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It's easy to be a good person when things are going well. We try to find people that will rise up when things are not going well. When we build a team, it's not just how is this person going to be when things are good... when things are rough... then who are you?
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Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn.
