Abba Louisa Goold Woolson Quotes
One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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Across the globe, disadvantaged children are not living up to their potential because if they attend school at all, the schools are usually not designed to meet their extra needs.
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I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.
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Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
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I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.
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A rap is a tweaked version of comedy, because comedy came first. People weren't spitting before they were doing comedy. Comedy has been relevant for years. It's the same art form, pretty much. Discovering that and applying it, I think that has made my stand-up better.
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As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.
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Our ability to create jobs, our future growth, is built on the free market. It's built on open borders.
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I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.
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There is a battle between me and Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. We always do our best.
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Love the giver more than the gift.
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Winning medals wasn’t the point of the Olympics. It’s the participating that counts.
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I don't think the government should be involved in any way in people's bedrooms or lives. With so much hatred and unpleasantness in the world, why would you want to get in the way of people who love each other marrying each other?
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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They're always saying that tragedy brings family closer, but unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't work like that.
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One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.
