Barbara Wood Quotes
The flowers were beaten down, their bent-over heads bejeweled with diamond droplets like earring on sad, rich widows.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.
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When you talking boxing, you talking me.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
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Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.
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I don't really get to see a lot of other comedians, because I work with the same people all the time. The guy I really like is Nick DiPaulo. I love Nick DiPaulo, but again, he's a buddy of mine. But I liked him for a long time. I liked him before he was a buddy of mine.
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I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African – Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
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I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.
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I like to get myself in over my head.
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I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return.
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We do not want to lead or be led. We want to be free.
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Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It's a drag, but necessary.
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The flowers were beaten down, their bent-over heads bejeweled with diamond droplets like earring on sad, rich widows.
