Bernard Bailyn Quotes
Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.
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Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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I am so fortunate to know people who have believed in me and been there for me in my very best and worst moments.
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We need a leader able to project his or her personality and present our policies in today's media environment. All this is true - but we also need a leader capable of building a team, inspiring loyalty from colleagues, and one genuinely open to ideas.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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My greatest vanity is my skin. It is the colour of gingerbread and, thanks to my mother's genes, smooth and mostly blemish-free.
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Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.
