Anna Kingsford Quotes
It may be said that children are but newly-issued editions of old compositions, re-bound and corrected, with fresh introductions, modern print and headpieces, but the text is that of former editions handed down from generation to generation.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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The difference between brown and white rice is that the former is not milled. With the outer bran and germ intact, the rice is therefore chewier and nuttier.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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I'm a writer, not a genre.
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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
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Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.
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We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals.
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I took a Ferrari under the 405 freeway. We took rent-a-cars through the desert. That was fun.
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Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I've always been fascinated by people, their psychology, what drives them and trying to understand them.
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We still have our people working in the cane fields in the Dominican Republic. People are still repatriated all the time from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. Some tell of being taken off buses because they looked Haitian, and their families have been in the Dominican Republic for generations. Haitian children born in the Dominican Republic still can't go to school and are forced to work in the sugarcane fields.
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Death is a meeting place of sea and sea.
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It may be said that children are but newly-issued editions of old compositions, re-bound and corrected, with fresh introductions, modern print and headpieces, but the text is that of former editions handed down from generation to generation.
