Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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I've never been strong with my time-management skills.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.
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I was thinking 'Love Story', obviously, was a romantic film of that time.
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'Ali' is the story of a lower middle-class golfer who becomes a champion. I find the game very interesting and would like to continue playing it regularly after the movie is wrapped up.
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I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.
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I've never really been a television watcher, so I never watch comedies.
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The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.
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I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' tales of chivalry and knights, things like that. Those are the stories I loved growing up.
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Remind yourself that other people's jobs aren't so simple.
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There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.
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As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself.
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People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.
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Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.
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Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.
