Noel Riley Fitch Quotes
Whether in print or other media, a good biography is more than a court record or a stringing together of already familiar sources. It breathes life into the subject.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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Imagine trying to learn without a dry place to sleep, eat, and do homework. Children cannot succeed in school if their lives out of school are in total chaos.
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People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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You're filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you're as ready to go as you can be.
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Your refusal to acknowledge the dark side of humanity makes you prey to that dark side.
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Come, fix upon me that accusing eye. I thirst for accusation. All that was sung. All that was said in Ireland is a lie Breed out of the contagion of the throng, Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel', anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.'
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Whether in print or other media, a good biography is more than a court record or a stringing together of already familiar sources. It breathes life into the subject.
