Raymond Williams Quotes
Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms.
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I'm very self-critical.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'
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It's a great moment for Argentinean tennis, more on the men's side. I would like to see more on the women's side. I think we have to work a little bit more on that.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are force-fed enormous amounts of grain and fat, which causes their livers to swell to many times the normal size.
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You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.
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I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.
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The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth of it. It transcends ideals of fair and unfair, right and wrong.
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President Obama has proven himself to be a terrible negotiator. I don't support any trade deal negotiated by his administration.
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I always leave a box of unsalted almonds in my house. A handful of those are a good snack that should keep you satisfied.
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I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.
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It's kind of epic to see four women really be physically and mentally strong, in themselves and in their lives. That's what 'Widows' is.
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Music has always been really important to me.
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Why do you do smoky makeup, why do you try to act pretty on broadcast, etc. For hip-hop where purity is important and masculinity plays a large part, I believe it's definitely a critique that could come out.
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Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms.
