Nellie McClung Quotes
I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.
Quotes to Explore
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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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Cinema and the arts invite viewers to focus on a story and, in doing so, peel away its layers and peer into the depths of the human soul.
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Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.
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When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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Virtue is reason which has become energy.
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Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today.
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
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If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by.
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Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.
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I like being different people.
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It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat.
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I actually think 'Sex and the City' helped share how complicated it all is, to be a wife, a mother, and working, and a sexual being.
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It's really odd to be up close to an icon like Bruce Willis. You're used to seeing him on a screen, 50 feet tall. To think, 'Hmm, I'm taller than you are' is just weird.
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Ever since the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan has turned its back on Asia in general and China in particular: its pattern of aggression from 1895 onwards and the colonies that resulted were among the consequences.
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In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time.
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A lot of the images in my work are a kind of visual diary of places I've been, what I've seen, heard, smelt.
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What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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I love Indian food, and my favourite dish is dal rice.
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Human beings are curious by nature.
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I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.
