Belle S. Spafford Quotes
I don't think any change in the world has been more significant than the change in the status of women. . . . A woman's world was her home, her family, and perhaps a little community service. Today, a woman's world is as broad as the universe.
Quotes to Explore
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.
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While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
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Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
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Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It's the result of us: of the ways that people choose to organize their societies.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.
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I missed a lot of school for auditions, but other than that I had a very normal childhood.
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In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
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I was actually deputy headboy at my school. And everyone around me was very supportive of what I wanted to do. There's no romantic story about how me and my brother got to where we are.
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I did a lot of student acting when I was young.
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Breathe through your movements.
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Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country. If you get injured on the job, good luck getting workers' comp. And God help you if you're poor and mentally ill.
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Favouritism governed kissage, Even as it does in this age.
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Nancy Reagan sort of downplayed that, you know - but she was quite successful. At the time she married Ronald Reagan, I think she was keenly aware that [Reagan's first wife] Jane Wyman's career had eclipsed Ronald Reagan's, so she was very determined not to have that happen.
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Food or the lack thereof can, at times, be coping mechanisms for people. While this isn't the best approach to good health, it's a part of people's realities. And it is nothing to be ashamed of.
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I don't think any change in the world has been more significant than the change in the status of women. . . . A woman's world was her home, her family, and perhaps a little community service. Today, a woman's world is as broad as the universe.
