Carolyn Wells Quotes
I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true, That nothing can shake or slay; Each spring I firmly believe anew All the seed catalogues say!
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It's those damn critics again.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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I supported Pat Toomey when he ran in 2010. I gave him money in September of 2009 because I wanted him to be the U.S. senator. I personally contributed my own money.
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Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being.
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All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
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I love British bands.
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Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nadaTeu exagera ou exclui.Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto ésNo mínimo que fazes.Assim em cada lago a lua todaBrilha, porque alta vive.
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When I was in the hospital, I was very suicidal in a kind of blind way, I was starving to death and just 'cause I didn't want to turn out like my family showed me, you know, that's all I ever saw of people, was my own family. I wasn't allowed to associate with anyone. Oh, God. So I didn't want to live.
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You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.
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My parents had two rules: You had to go to college, and you had to pay for it yourself. So we all did.
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It's a lot like life. I think 99 percent of what goes on in life, we have very little control over.
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Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
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I believe the fast track to atheism is reading the Bible. I've read it three times all the way through. It's a big part of our culture, a big part of our history. I don't just read things I agree with.
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I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
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The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.
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I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true, That nothing can shake or slay; Each spring I firmly believe anew All the seed catalogues say!
