Beryl Markham Quotes
Silence is never so impenetrable as when the whisper of steel on paper strives to pierce it.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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Actors and directors work on things together. That's how I like to work, anyway. I don't want to be told what to do. I want to share it with someone and work it out together.
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I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
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Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
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Me.
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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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… the Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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Be lazy, go crazy.
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I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.
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What people want is a sense of a better future to come.
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When I get a script that has the opportunity to create discussion and inspire young girls, I don't want to say no to that... I just want to contribute.
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I'd been told, or warned, that when you paint one room, not only will it look nice, but it will also make the room next to it look as if raccoons have been living in it for the past decade.
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When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first.
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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.
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Self-similarity is a dull subject because you are used to very familiar shapes. But that is not the case. Now many shapes which are self-similar again, the same seen from close by and far away, and which are far from being straight or plane or solid.
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
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Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
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The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent. If you miss Forty Words for Sorrow, you'll miss one of best novels of 2001.
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Silence is never so impenetrable as when the whisper of steel on paper strives to pierce it.
