Frances Burney Quotes
To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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Writers are so important.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
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There was a point where I just did not care about my body.
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I'd like to see something done about the long putters and belly putters. But I go back and forth on that. I've actually worked with a belly putter.
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We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.
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If someone can make money from you, you can do more things, and eventually, you can do things you come up with.
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A mortal should think mortal thoughts, not immortal thoughts.
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To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!
