Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (Rebecca West) Quotes
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.
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A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
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My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi, and I went down there and was a waitress for a few days. Let me tell you, I got it out of my system.
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Today, the culture can hardly, if at all, reflect the society in which people live.
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The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain existing thing, either includes the non-existence of that thing or the non-existence of some of its good conditions.
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Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted in nature as to die.
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The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.
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One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it.
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I've got good vibes up here in the Akron area, Cleveland area.
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Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.
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Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy; We're very wide awake The Moon and I.
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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
