Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
“And to think,” Ned said huskily, “only this afternoon I thought I’d lost you to another guy.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I love owning my masters.
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The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip.
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Some growths can be detected early, making for increased accuracy in diagnosis. Some can be cured and others controlled.
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I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.
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Prior to 2001, hardly any company in North America or Europe would buy from India.
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I think when you're a TV presenter, you have to have a reason for doing it, and a lot of them have been around a long time and grafted for that. The reason why it works with me on 'The Xtra Factor' is because I was a contestant on it, and I have a relationship with the viewers at home.
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As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews.
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I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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Only one guy can be world champion, and so if everyone else thought they were failures you'd have no one left on the grid.
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Wave after waveWill flow with the tideAnd bury the world as it doesTide after tideWill flow and recedeLeaving life to go onAs it was... - Natural Science (1980)
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There's something exciting about weekly strips in that you're following the way the story reveals itself to the writer week by week. All the possible directions it could have taken are there; it's a kind of participatory reading that I think books discourage.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.
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“And to think,” Ned said huskily, “only this afternoon I thought I’d lost you to another guy.
