Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes
When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before any one is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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The view of Earth is spectacular.
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I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.
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I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.
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NBC's pilot season of 1994 is legendary in the business. In a world where failure is commonplace, we midwifed the birth of both 'Friends' and 'ER'. While 'ER' came essentially out of the blue, we'd been casting around for a 'Friends'-like show for some time at the network.
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It is not human to be without shame and without desire.
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At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.
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I am very much obliged to my dear little George for his message - for his love at least; his duty, I suppose, was only in consequence of some hint of my favourable intentions towards him from his father or mother. I am sincerely rejoiced, however, that I ever was born, since it has been the means of procuring him a dish of tea.
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If we had allowed things to drift, everything would have gone from bad to worse. Nasser would have become a kind of Moslem Mussolini, and our friends in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and even Iran would gradually have been brought down. His efforts would have spread westwards, and Libya and North Africa would have been brought under his control.
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With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.
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We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.
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If you model yourself after Lawrence Fishburne, you can never go wrong.
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After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.
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I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best – performing and singing for people.
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When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before any one is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness.
