Agnes Meyer Driscoll Quotes
We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.
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Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
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Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.
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'Don’t judge yourself,' he said. 'None of us are ever good at it.'
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'You need not fear where you are going when you know Jesus is going with you.'
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Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it.
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Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.'
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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I want to make movies that I would want to watch as a fan.
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I can't remember ever not singing.
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I just never wanted to be too much in the background. I always wanted to be a part of things.
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'You are certain you can keep the truth from her?' 'Sure,' Ed said confidently. 'I know I can.' 'All right.' The Old Man nodded slowly. 'I will send you back. But you must tell no one.' He swelled visibly. 'Remember: you will eventually come back to me - everyone does, in the end - and your fate will not be enviable.'
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Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher.
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We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities.
