Ann Burton Quotes
Every move a sloth makes is with purpose, which is more than most of us can say about 90% of the time.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
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There have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination.
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Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
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'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!
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I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
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Passion without focus can lead you astray.
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I want to educate people and deliver news that isn't just surrounded by Charlie Sheen. I'd like to be able to do the serious stuff in conjunction with the comedy.
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My teacher, Professor Smil Sommarin, was a fine pedagogue, a very generous person, and a great admirer of Kurt Wicksell.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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At Venture for ,we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.
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The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.
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So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light.
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Every move a sloth makes is with purpose, which is more than most of us can say about 90% of the time.
