William Throsby Bridges Quotes
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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No man can visualize four dimensions, except mathematically … I think in four dimensions, but only abstractly. The human mind can picture these dimensions no more than it can envisage electricity. Nevertheless, they are no less real than electro-magnetism, the force which controls our universe, within, and by which we have our being.
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There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.
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Never take yourself too seriously.
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You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.
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Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.
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One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.
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You are my girlfriend," whispered Matthew. " You're my girl and I'm your guy, and you're my girl and I'm your guy. Let's not fight." -pg 126
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What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.
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Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.
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O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.
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I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing.
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Seventy per cent of all patients who come to physicians could cure themselves if they got rid of their fears and worries.
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Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.
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Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in 'True Blood' is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen.
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In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.
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Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely rational and necessary. Without stupid decisions, the world isn't thrown out of balance, and so there's no need for a 'rest of the story' to balance it back.
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Everything is a different shape in the dark. Sharp edges are sharper, walls farther away, fragile items more prone to topple.
