Rebecca Stead Quotes
Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with a big charge of poetry on a daily basis. I feel we've kind of lost that here in Europe.
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We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.
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Any action that is dictated by fear or by coercion of any kind ceases to be moral.
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MacAllister wasn’t always right, but he was smart enough to know that. He was willing to change his mind when the evidence pointed in a different direction. That fact alone put MacAllister very nearly in a class by himself.
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Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.
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Developing a series is a next step for me.
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If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.
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I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.
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As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance I have of doing that is just consistently working with great directors.
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I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.
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I am not saying that the Renaissance in any way was a feminist movement - hardly. But the arts flourished, and in more social settings as opposed to being confined to the church.
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After this many years of being a lead singer in a touring rock band, I've had my fair share of fun. But those days are long behind me.
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The Palm Beach Police Foundation is a client of Trump's. They pay to rent out Mar-a-Lago every year.
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I don't talk about consciousness. I talk about interiority.
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I don't think anything's more rewarding than hearing that you've helped someone gain a love of reading.
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It's insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it's assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It's that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he's telling you something about his own life. It's so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!
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Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking.
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I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.
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Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.
