Karen Duffy Quotes
The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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Playing tough characters just comes easy for me. It's not who I am in real life, so I love going to work and pretending to be something I'm not. I love all the action and confidence. But when I finally go do a rom-com, I hope my fans will support me.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
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With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
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The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.
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Violence against women is a huge issue. A good feminist should be working on that - making the world a safer place for girls and women, wherever they live.
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Each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate With shabby equipment always deteriorating In the general mess of imprecision of feeling.
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The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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Workers' rights are under attack across the country.
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
