Bess Streeter Aldrich Quotes
When the country was new, homes, like dresses, were constructed more for wearing qualities than beauty.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down each week and get to know your character and get to know the show and get to know what's going on and fall in love with you all over again, like they did in previous shows.
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Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.
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It's a great opportunity when one gets something new to grasp, and I feel we should just grab it.
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Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
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Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
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You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.
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Every single kid in my group of friends at school was from a single-parent family.
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As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.
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When the country was new, homes, like dresses, were constructed more for wearing qualities than beauty.
