Adela of Normandy Quotes
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's like, 'Oh, if I'm not good enough for that, I'm not good enough for anything.'
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.
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I believe that we all have something to share with someone else that can better someone else's life.
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Although I still have a long way to go, I would like to become the pride of Asia. When another Asian artist enters the U.S. market, I would like him to think, 'There was an artist called Rain who succeeded in the U.S. market.' This is my dream.
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I am tired of having to prove myself constantly, even after being hired. Every single day, every single idea, I need to prove myself. I am tired of it!
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Considering what a prolific writer Dickens was, the word 'Dickensian' could legitimately cover a vast thematic territory, explaining at least some of the variety of its applications.
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There's a real sense of fighting and destruction in our DNA that we don't get in touch with.
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I was really enjoying one of the screenings of 'Beautiful Creatures' and there was this little 14-year-old boy sitting next to me in the screening and I was laughing at all the jokes and I just felt really judged. I had to keep it down a bit. It's a bit embarrassing.
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The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.
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Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.
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When you started looking at the life of Tolstoy, there was so much passion and anger and drama surrounding him.
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There is always a time to move on.
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See the hand of God in all events, and thereby become reconciled to His dispensations.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.
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Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.
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It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear – usually justified – the other side would beat them to a pulp.
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"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"
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Take up the weapons of the glorious army for the salvation of many thousands.
