Tracy Chevalier Quotes
I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.
Quotes to Explore
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When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either.
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Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?
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I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.
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The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it's really unpleasant.
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Aimer, c'est agir
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Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown; O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
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When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
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Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.
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Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.
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Ever since the environmental movement was sparked by photos of the whole Earth taken by astronauts onboard Apollo Lunar Modules, I've seen planetary exploration as an extension of a reverence and care for Earth.
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I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it.
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Memory belongs to the imagination. Human memory is not like a computer which records things; it is part of the imaginative process, on the same terms as invention.
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I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.
