Angela Thirkell Quotes
If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.
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A good fan base has developed around the Hurricanes, and I see the opportunity for continued growth for this franchise in the future.
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'Crash' is a metaphor for what I see as the dehumanizing elements that are present in the world in which we live. We're distanced by the nature of the society we inhabit from a normal human reaction.
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There was a time when I was offered two episodes of 'Alias,' that show with Jennifer Garner which J.J. Abrams did back before he became the mega producer and super successful director. I instead decided I wanted to play this family guy on a short-lived UPN 'Second Time Around.' It starred Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker.
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It was always part of the plan to move into acting.
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Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.
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For far too long, virtually every time Americans have been asked to make 'tough choices,' it has resulted in disproportionate harm for hardworking Americans and retirees.
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If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.
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A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.
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'Dialogue' is not a dirty word; it's our word.
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America is a living idea. It isn't only the tenets of its founding, but also the terms of its future. Every day, we make America. Seeking to preserve and enshrine one vision of this country from one period of its past robs it of what makes it magical: its infinite possibility for adjustment.
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I do think - the metaphor I always use - it's the role of intelligence community to stay down in the engine room and shovel that intelligence coal, and people on the bridge get to decide where to drive the ship and how fast and how to arrange all the deckchairs.
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There is an inward state of the heart which makes truth credible the moment it is stated. It is credible to some men because of what they are. Love is credible to a loving heart; purity is credible to a pure mind; life is credible to a spirit in which life beats strongly - it is incredible to other men.
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I'll never leave 'Community,' no matter what. You're either a lifer, or you're not.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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I think film and television actually is a lot harder. Acting onstage is physically more arduous, but to get to emotional truth within a scene, it's much tougher to do it on film.
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If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.
