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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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.
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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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Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed
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I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.
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I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.
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If I'm writing about a modern-day suburb, there's going to be details of the home and furniture, and if I'm writing about a historical period, those details, those pieces of the world are going to be there as well, but they'll be simplified, because I'm cartooning it.
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Sometimes it takes you longer for you to realize when a person doesn't have the best of intentions or when it is time to let a person go from your life.
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Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.
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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.
