Anna Brownell Jameson Quotes
He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.
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At the Department of Justice, our ability to fulfill our responsibilities - to advocate for victims, to vigorously pursue misconduct, to seek justice in all its forms - depends on public confidence in the institutions we represent.
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My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
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I used to live on a reserve, but I went back and forth between my reserve and Ottawa where my father lived, so I kind of had a double life growing up.
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I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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Rome is a city where in every corner you have a reminder of the sacred world. That's why I have sacred music, minimalist sacred music, which is also music I like, because at the end of the day, that's what I want to do.
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Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.
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What makes a fulfilling relationship or fulfilling life is not simply found in another. It's found in a group of others.
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I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.
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I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.
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Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.
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I don't need to be married, but I feel married.
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I did a book signing Saturday, actually, in Augusta and people were just coming up to me in tears saying, 'Thank you, for what you've done. You've helped me change my life'.
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I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.
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The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)
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Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th, 2009 when a television commentator named Rick Santelli stood up and said what the hell are we doing bailing out people who couldn't afford a mortgage by taking money from people like me who are prudent?
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Each of my paintings is a cycle. It’s like existence, life. They are always in motion.. .If they were fixed and static, they would be false.
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He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.
