Betty MacDonald Quotes
Dare we face the question of just how much of the darkness around us is of our own making?
Quotes to Explore
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror writers' community, and those people really liked horror, you know. They will go to any lengths and read whomever they can find because they like that feeling of being scared.
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I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.
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I usually start my day with a light breakfast of fruit and eggs and take granola bars with me to eat after practice. Lunch and dinner usually consist of chicken over pasta or rice and beans.
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
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I love kids, so two things that I have thought about are being a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher.
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The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I'm doing good.
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Size seems to make many organizations slow-thinking, resistant to change and smug.
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I've never liked Welles as an actor, because he's not really an actor. In Hollywood you have two categories, you talk about actors and personalities. Welles was an enormous personality, but when he plays Othello, everything goes down the drain, you see, that's when he's croaks. In my eyes he's an infinitely overrated filmmaker.
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The lesson one can learn from Firbank is that of inconsequence. There is the vein which he tapped and which has not yet been fully exploited.
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The man of wisdom is the man of years.
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You look like a dishonest Abe Lincoln.
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The town of GUILDFORD, which (taken with its environs) I, who have seen so many, many towns, think the prettiest, and, taken all together, the most agreeable and most happy-looking, that I ever saw in my life.
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For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
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The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.
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Dare we face the question of just how much of the darkness around us is of our own making?
