Barbara Mary Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Quotes
It is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive a sense of opening, a sense of vision...That is the sort of time we live in now. We...live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our uncertain feet.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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I got a big mouth.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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It's a place where I could do something on a weekly basis and see if I like it.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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I wasn't a rebel.
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If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
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If we just made one movie, 'The Hobbit,' the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they've got three films they can watch 1,000 times.
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I record all night and sleep all day.
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Claghorn had long insisted that no human condition endured forever, with the corollary that the more complicated such a condition, the greater its susceptibility to change.
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The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for 'peace through strength' has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch, turning it from legal watchdog to lapdog.
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People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.
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If we're discussing women's empowerment and equal rights, then yes, I support it.
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I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.
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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
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My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
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I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.
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It is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive a sense of opening, a sense of vision...That is the sort of time we live in now. We...live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our uncertain feet.
