William Barclay Quotes
There are certain things which are lost by being kept and saved by being used. Any individual talent is like that. If it is used, it will develop into something still greater. If someone refuses to use it, in the end that talent will be lost. Supremely so, life is like that.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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I'm an optimist. My own fiction, while it has its own dark warnings about pitfalls ahead, depicts the potential of science to improve society by networking human minds.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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When this vital part of each of us is not nurtured and allowed freedom of expression, a false or co-dependent self emerges.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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Make use of time, let not advantage slip.
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Behind Chipotle is not a corporation; behind Chipotle is a man that is one of the great cooks, that created a great concept.
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There are certain things which are lost by being kept and saved by being used. Any individual talent is like that. If it is used, it will develop into something still greater. If someone refuses to use it, in the end that talent will be lost. Supremely so, life is like that.
