Olive Schreiner Quotes
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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If somebody told me you'd be a one and a half billion dollar company and be the largest in the world, I wouldn't have believed it myself.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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Maharaj-ji, in my first darshan, my first meeting with him, showed me his powers. At that point I was impressed with the power. But subsequently, I realized that it was really his love that pulled me in. His love is unconditional love.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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The Pop art I wound up doing came to me purely from 'Mad' comics. I loved the idea of doing fun stuff. I met an art dealer who wanted to show the work - that was in January 1962 - and that was the beginning for me.
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And the life demanded strength. Hay had to be carried from the fields, heavy horses broken to harness, heavy wheels had to be mended and tyred with steel. Any wagon wheel weighed enough to need four men to lift it. Any four-bushel bag of wheat weighed more than two hundredweight (100 kg). Men of his breed worshipped strength.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
