Nellie McClung Quotes
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.
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New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where people made music from heartache, named their drinks for hurricanes and joked that one day you'd be able to tour the city by gondola.
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As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history.
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Venturing further than the length of your sightOut past the reach of your beginningsThere is a gamble in each proud act of flightBut the losses pale before the winningsCircling and diving with this freedom you’ve foundIllusion blows apart and scattersThere is no darkness in this place that we're boundLove is the only thing that matters
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Metaphorically, every vagina has secret teeth, for the male exits as less than when he entered. The basic mechanics of conception require action in the male but nothing more than passive receptivity in the female.
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I believe Corot painted a tree better that any of us, but still I find him superior in his figures.
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I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.
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There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday.
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I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.
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By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
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China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelt's proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.
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There are lots of ways to work together.
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When I was in high school in England, I wasn't sure that you could have a career in fashion. In those days, there were very few fashion magazines. I didn't realize there was a school where you could go and learn how to make clothes and design. I thought you just had to be discovered somewhere, like a film.
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Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
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The minute the money is more, you lose your control, so then there's no point.
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Soccer is an uncomfortable sport. You're running; you're getting tackled.
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Fingerprint readers require special hardware, and a lot of people find them creepy and don't want to use them. Smart cards and tokens can be lost or stolen.
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I've never come out and said, 'I hold the most pay-per-view buys.' All I know is what I got paid, and I'm happy.
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Wherever I go throughout the world - no matter the language, no matter the culture - I thrill to hear the testimonies of the Saints.
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People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future.
