Anne Douglas Sedgwick Quotes
Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten's feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one's hand.
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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
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Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government.
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Fortunately, I have money that's from my life's work. But it's money that I share and used greatly to fight poverty in my country.
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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.
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You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World.
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I felt good out there. A bit nervous, but determined and positive.
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If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.
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My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.
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I'll go for things that I know are going to be wrong, with a vengeance
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You can't argue with popularity. Well, you could, but you'd be wrong!
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I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants.
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When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.'
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And... as long as they need me, it's easier to forget that I am alone.
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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.
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If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world.
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When I get to the movie set, I don't need to have a sort of iron fist that a movie is about me and my ideas. A lot of filmmakers don't have that benefit, so when they have their moment to let all that creativity out of them, it's all about them. It's their movie; it's their thing.
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But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order.
