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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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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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.
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I think that life has a secret, and children they hold that secret. Maybe it's not given to everybody to discover this thing.
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I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance, . . . conditions which alert the total sensibility - cast it almost in stress - extend insight and response, the basic responsive range of empathetic-kinesthetic vitality.
