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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For some reason that only a sociologist might be able to accurately explain, the Brazilian Press was extremely unkind to me, reporting only selective derogatory untruthful rumors (some of which are still around), harsh criticism, and unwarranted sarcasm. I was very hurt by this. It was such great disappointment... When I came back from Brazil at that time, I made a promise to myself that I would never, ever again sing in Brazil. So far as of 2002, I have kept this promise, having declined each and every invitation or proposals to perform in Brazil. Once was enough!
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People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.
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The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.
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Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future.
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Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten's feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one's hand.
