Celia Brayfield Quotes
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When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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The correct didactic analysis is one that does not in the least differ from the curative treatment. How, indeed, shall the future analyst learn the technique if he does not experience it just exactly as he is to apply it later?
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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Like I always tell people, I don't pander to any audience, but you have to play to your audience.
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You may think using Google's great, but I still think it's terrible.
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The president said some words, like nouns and verbs. 15
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Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
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As a comedian, you have everything working against you.
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At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age.
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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
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A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.
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I'm halfway through a novel set in two time frames - Austin in the 1960's and Alpine Texas in present day. It started out to be a small, lighthearted, humorous book about family relationships; I was tired of writing war stories and tragedies.
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I feel that Nagai Kafu was a writer who cold stitch together apparently meaningless moments like these into a lyrical whole, and has enhanced my ability to do the same with my own life.
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As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.
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We have always learned about life by dramatising our questions.
