Hannah Whitall Smith Quotes
If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25.
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But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
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It's cool that I'm 20 and am on the cover of the video game. A lot of kids play hockey, and a few get drafted, and only a few get to be on the cover. It's a great feeling.
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I've always just wanted people to look at me.
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I'm not interested in how well someone can sing. It's what you're singing that interests me.
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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
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If there was anyone primed to raise their kids feminist, it was me. My parents treated me no differently from my brother. I was raised to believe I was capable of doing anything I set my mind to.
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In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'
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The greats are 'The Shining', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'Don't Look Now', 'The Exorcist' - those movies were not really slashers: they were about psychological terror and had very deep emotional backdrops. If we do our best, '6 Miranda Drive' can be that kind of a movie.
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If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.
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Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance.
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Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
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Love is a choice — not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guide. Love is a conversion to humanity — a willingness to participate with others in the healing of a broken world and broken lives. Love is the choice to experience life as a member of the human family, a partner in the dance of life.
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Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself.
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If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!
