William Drummond (Hawthornden) Quotes
Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die.
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We need better corporate environments. We need better workplaces everywhere.
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Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together.
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I could only believe in a God who could dance... And now a God dances through me.
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It was loud in spots and less loud in other spots, and it had that quality which I have noticed in all violin solos of seeming to last much longer than it actually did.
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Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.
