Barbara Kelly Quotes
I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself.
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I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.
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Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.
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The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.
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Maybe its a case of one guitar feeling a certain way to the hands that makes one subsequently move differently over the strings, but my intent is always to wring the maximum emotional resonance out of the object in hand.
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One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
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Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.
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The safest place to be is in the center of God's will.
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Changing people's habits is very expensive.
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To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.
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A brilliant liar; he has total recall.
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I had much more fun criticizing than praising.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
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As a woman now, I want to share things. I have girlfriends in their twenties, and I say, "Ask me anything. You can learn from the things I did wrong, and you can learn from the things you think I'm doing right. Take whatever you want and make it your own."
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Marge, when I join an underground cult I expect a little support from my family.
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Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes - went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside.
