Edith Wharton Quotes
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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I'd like to do more acting.
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This love is silent.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.
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When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
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The Gospel does not require anything good that man must furnish: not a good heart, not a good disposition, no improvement of his condition, no godliness, no love either of God or men…….. It plants love into his heart and makes him capable of all good works. It demands nothing, but it gives all. Should not this fact make us leap for JOY?
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A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.
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'Easier, lad, with those soft small bodies....Nothing to it. They're just soft squashy things.'
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Education, family, character, intelligence, humility, okay? These are the things that make a culture live.
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
