Nancy Mitford Quotes
If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
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'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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I'm down for adventure and up for anything.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
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To me, my business is my life.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.
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Any girl who likes watching movies would like to work in them and would want to do all of that. I'm also one of them. But people know me for badminton and love me for it. So I'd stick to it right now. But maybe after badminton, I'll think about it.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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The president is eager to get to work and looks forward to working with the new Congress on policies that will make sure middle-class Americans are sharing in the economic recovery, but the president is clear that he will not let this Congress undo important protections gained -- particularly in areas of health care, Wall Street reform and the environment.
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People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
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If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all.
