Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (Rebecca West) Quotes
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
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The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
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The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.
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AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
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When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.
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If you think something is impossible, then it certainly is... for you.
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Every season I am inspired by women.
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Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
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Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
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Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.
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Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse,- Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
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I'd been told that when you first put your feet on African ground, you'll be hit by a feeling of overwhelming understanding, like you've returned home and suddenly belong. Quite frankly, I didn't feel that.
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The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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What keeps me going is my children.
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The Robertson family and bad ideas go together like biscuits and jam.
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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
