Anthea Butler Quotes
My memories of Vatican II center on white parishioners turning away from me when I went to shake their hands at Mass during the sign of peace.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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I'm actually quite a nice person. It's to do with the way I look, an uncompromising sort of face, brusque delivery and voice, and I think the combination of all that. When I'm doing pantomime, children will scream the place down before I open my mouth. There's obviously something that really gets them.
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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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I have no idea what's next. I simply don't have a clue.
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It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it makes you so self-aware.
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Cosplayers love Disney princesses. We all grew up with them. We identify with one or more princesses.
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To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
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It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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Ethnically, the Germans are Teutonic...being made up of Vandals, Gepidae, and Goths, all of whom emigrated - south from Sweden in about 500 BC; why they emigrated is not exactly clear, but many scholars believe it was because they saw the way Sweden was going, i.e. neutral.
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True Boogie-Woogie I conceive as homogeneous in intention with mine in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means - dynamic rhythm.
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You have to dream dreams to live dreams.
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My memories of Vatican II center on white parishioners turning away from me when I went to shake their hands at Mass during the sign of peace.
