Allegra Goodman Quotes
Though experience should be our guide . . . and we see mistakes are common at the age of twenty-three, it must be acknowledged that not every youthful feeling begins unworthily and ends in error. If this were the case, mankind would have perished long ago.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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Conrad Black is a picture of a man hugely enjoying himself.
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Bahrain is very dear to me.
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I think I've done everything on 'The X Factor' apart from the cleaning.
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Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.
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She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.
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In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be best for me. I'm really happy to inhabit the world of independent film.
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She too had found the experience transforming. How could she not? A demon had been exorcised. Several. And just when she felt more capable of love than she had ever been, she found herself alone.
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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart.
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When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
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The silence of a room when someone enters with a gun is very different from the sound that room makes when empty.
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These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is.
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I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often has to work very hard to beat them.
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The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.
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Though experience should be our guide . . . and we see mistakes are common at the age of twenty-three, it must be acknowledged that not every youthful feeling begins unworthily and ends in error. If this were the case, mankind would have perished long ago.
