Minnie Maddern Fiske Quotes
This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the moment. I'd love to do something with him.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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I think I'm a soulful singer.
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.
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There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness.
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Those who believe that health is a commodity, on par with cars or computers, fail to grasp the basic economic lesson that health is very vulnerable to exposure to the markets, not least due to the profound asymmetries in power between the providers and consumers.
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I read autobiographies because there is too much fiction in my life.
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Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security.
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Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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There's something healing about tears.
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McGregor is a businessman through and through. He's obviously a wrestling fan.
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StockX's live marketplace will harness the Internet's natural ability to facilitate a better way to transact certain segments of ecommerce. We are going to bring the kind of trading platform and visibility to tangible products that financial and commodities markets have used for decades.
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There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can't do that, you can't be objective about your work. You can't be conceited or cocky either, but you can't be too modest either.
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My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog.
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There's a lot of pressure to look good, have the gun, know what you're doing and be one of the boys. I was like, "I don't want to be one of the boys. I want to be a doctor. I want to be cerebral. I want to sit back and just use something else. I don't want to do the stunts. Let the boys do that. I'm just going to be the doctor who's about taking care of other people."
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Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.
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I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
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A great artist is never a closed subject, but this catalogue is a milestone production, as useful as it is beautiful.
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This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.
