Nina Bawden Quotes
I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.
Quotes to Explore
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
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I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
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The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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I was kind of lost for several years.
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It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.
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The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
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The great seats of power tend to be wide and open, not vertical and soaring. Red Square, Tiananmen Square, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin - all massive but with large open spaces that project an image of might.
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But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.
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In a system of precedent, the new majority bears the weight of explaining why the constitutional vision of their predecessors was flawed and of making the case as to why theirs better captures the meaning of our fundamental law.
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No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer.
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To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.
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I've done a lot of different tours. For me, I try to go on tours that I think are gonna be fun. It's, like, grueling, and it's hard, and there's got to be an element to it that's exciting.
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I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.
