Winifred Holtby Quotes
We each live in a private, distorted, individual world - stars turning in space, warmed for a moment by each other's light, then lost in infinite distance.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Lara's done very well recently and I never had any doubts about the abilities of Lara or Waugh.
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Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
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To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.
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This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
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All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.
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Having an animal that you fix, knowing that you saved its life or you saved a pet - Like on a dog, these little kids will come, and their dog is just ready to die, and you do something, and they leave happy. The kids are happy, and the little puppy is licking your hand. Those are kind of neat feelings.
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Every day I do something that freaks me out.
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Whoever has approved this idea of order, of the form of European, of English literature, will not find it preposterous that the past should be altered by the present as much as the present is directed by the past. And the poet who is aware of this will be aware of great difficulties and responsibilities.
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Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful stroke!
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When you say your prayers try to understand
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This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.
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Now, everyone has their talents, but working with props is not one of mine.
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Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.
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'Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was.'
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It was never in my mind to be famous.
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Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.
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We tend to think of World War II and all the atrocities that happened, and people say, 'Never again.' But these things are still happening. The Amnesty International files are big.
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We each live in a private, distorted, individual world - stars turning in space, warmed for a moment by each other's light, then lost in infinite distance.
