Brigitte Michael Sumner (Mickey Sumner) Quotes
I was really shy when I was a child, very self-conscious about taking up space or being an attention seeker. I was the kind of kid who was really good at homework.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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When I pull into a city and I rent a car and it's Nashville, or it's London, or I'm driving in the taxi to the hotel, and on comes one of my songs, it's like, 'Oh my God, they're still playing these songs on the radio.' And you still feel tearful and very grateful that somebody still likes these songs that you made up.
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Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed over wherever they conflict with orthodoxy.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
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I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
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We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
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I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.
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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
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I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.
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I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
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Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of loving kindness, hold yourself and all beings as your beloved children.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair.
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I was really shy when I was a child, very self-conscious about taking up space or being an attention seeker. I was the kind of kid who was really good at homework.
