Minnie Maddern Fiske Quotes
I suppose that Paderewski can play superbly, if not quite at his best, while his thoughts wander to the other end of the world, orpossibly busy themselves with a computation of the receipts as he gazes out across the auditorium. I know a great actor, a master technician, can let his thoughts play truant from the scene.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.
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If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.
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We have deep depth.
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I'll use men's shirts, I love men's shirts, but you have to get them altered because they're shaped differently and I like them to be fitting.
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I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.
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I wish the world was flat like the old days Then i could travel just by folding a map No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways There'd be no distance that could hold us back
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'WTF is MDNA?
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The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself.
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It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
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I am very aware of how warmly Scotland is regarded around the world, and a vote for self-determination would raise our international profile even further, with lots of benefits for Scottish arts and culture.
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It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.
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I suppose that Paderewski can play superbly, if not quite at his best, while his thoughts wander to the other end of the world, orpossibly busy themselves with a computation of the receipts as he gazes out across the auditorium. I know a great actor, a master technician, can let his thoughts play truant from the scene.
