Alison Jolly Quotes
Anyone who has lived through an English winter can see the point of building Stonehenge to make the Sun come back.
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?
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If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
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I don't think there's any show comparable to 'Game of Thrones' in terms of the way it does the fantasy element to such a high standard: everything is created with so much care and detail. You really feel like you are transported into this entirely other fictional place.
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Unless physical action reflects psychic action, unless the deeds express the person, I get very bored with adventure stories; often it seems that the more action there is, the less happens.
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Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.
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Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day.
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I had sworn to administer justice 'faithfully and impartially.' To do otherwise would be to violate my oath. That meant I had no business of imposing my personal views on the country. Nor did I have the slightest intention of doing so.
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There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.
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In'ards, n. pl. The stomach, heart, soul, and other bowels.
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Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.
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I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.
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I drive my own horses in a race. And I always have.
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When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I think the show looks beautiful, and all the actors are doing a great job. It's a tangled web they've created thus far. It's great.
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But I will wear white - the whitest white! - purest most pristine white! - through the dark terrible days of winter - as no man of our time will ever dare.
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Once your body is in workout-mode, a few days off won't hurt. Muscle memory is magical. If you work out consistently, you can afford to miss a few sessions and your body will gladly pick up where you left off.
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Anyone who has lived through an English winter can see the point of building Stonehenge to make the Sun come back.
