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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“Don't judge," I say, the rebuke in my voice sharper than I intended. "Sometimes the running just gets to be too much.
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If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.
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The freedom of birds is an insult to me. I'd have them all in zoos. - The judge.
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Silence is never so impenetrable as when the whisper of steel on paper strives to pierce it.
