Beryl Markham Quotes
A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
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I always say I don't want to change anything in my life.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.
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There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.
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There is prima facie evidence of violation of clauses relating to use of undue influence and agents/agency commission, as contained in the contracts of Anti-Material Rifles (AMR) signed in 2002.
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One is never satisfied with a portrait of persons whom one knows. That is why I have always pitied portraitists. One demands so seldom of others the impossible, but demands just that of the portraitists.
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A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
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A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.
