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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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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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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Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.
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Lo, each subculture has its own language, and verily I am not a parody. You don’t believe me? Get with the program, crackpot!
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I wanted to make a video for the holidays, but none of the traditional holiday songs were moving me.
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If people don't actively knock the scenery over and they get the words out in something approximating the right order, you're moving on.
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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.
