Beryl Markham Quotes
In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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Apartheid was in South Africa; now it has been transferred to Palestine.
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Africa has no future.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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I'm always trying to learn and grow, so my diet has, over the years, evolved.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.
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Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise.
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I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.
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When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must say that I don't feel I get tremendous intellectual stimulation from most of the things I read.
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The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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In 1972 Charlie Chaplin was allowed back to America to receive an honorary Oscar, 'for the incalculable he had on making motion pictures the art form of this century'. That's what the Academy was always for - to blur the equation enough so that profit and fame could be called art.
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In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.
