Nancy Mitford Quotes
Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.
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Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.
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Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.
