Halldor Laxness Quotes
I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
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I didn't start off as a journalist; I started off as a poet. My ambition was to practise poetry. Then I found journalism, but that other voice never fled from me.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.]
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It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when they don't say 'for an actor,' I feel like that's the implication. Why are the standards so low for performers?
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Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
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My worst hairstyle was a bowl cut parted down the middle. It was the '90s. It was what you did. I had that from 4th grade until freshman year in high school. I'm glad the pictures exist. I had great hair back then.
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I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
