Celia Fremlin Quotes
Love isn't relevant once things are really bad. They say love makes the world go round – but it doesn't, you know. Love is a luxury, and you indulge in it when things are OK. As soon as they are bad – really bad – there just isn't a place for it anymore-no place where there could be room for it.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
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It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV. I think it's a phenomenal time for TV and to be involved in it.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Pain is never permanent.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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I'm probably creative for half an hour a day. The rest of the time, I'm just doing what's necessary to make that creativity visible.
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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
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Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.
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Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
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Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
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In baseball, you can do something poorly and still get credit. A pitcher could throw a bad ball, the batter hit a screaming line drive, and an outfielder make a fantastic diving catch. Yet, when you look at historical databases, 80% of the time when a ball is struck with that trajectory and velocity, it is a hit.
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I've done some awful auditions, and I've really done some horrible work, but it forced me to flex those muscles, and that's what makes you a better actor, just doing bad work and seeing what looks bad and growing from it.
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A man is his own best friend; therefore he ought to love himself best.
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Love isn't relevant once things are really bad. They say love makes the world go round – but it doesn't, you know. Love is a luxury, and you indulge in it when things are OK. As soon as they are bad – really bad – there just isn't a place for it anymore-no place where there could be room for it.
