Olive Schreiner Quotes
A word may become so defiled by bad use that it will take a century before it can be purifed, and brought into use again.
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The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and better editor than I am.
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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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I was in Kenya when I read 'Catch-22,' and I associate this book that has nothing to do with Kenya - whenever I think of 'Catch-22,' I think of Nairobi.
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Aretha Franklin was as important to the civil-rights movement as Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Artists can choose to take on the tremendous amount of responsibility we have, or choose to ignore it.
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Video just accesses international information so much more readily.
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I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.
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The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.
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With wrestling, you can't describe how that connection with an audience happens. I can't teach anybody how that happens. The bad things that have happened to me in WWE have made that connection stronger.
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I'm not very charismatic or telegenic. I feel bad for the kids waiting three hours in line for their book to be signed.
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A word may become so defiled by bad use that it will take a century before it can be purifed, and brought into use again.
