Winkie Pratney Quotes
God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom.
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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A house is kind of scary.
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If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
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Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation.
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If I could have come in for $10m, I would have done that. I've been pretty smart with my money. I'm playing because I want to play this game here - I want the opportunity.
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It was like I lived in a little suburban neighborhood in the middle of New York City because I could run around barefoot or, you know, completely independently from a very young age in the safety of this building where I knew everybody and where I had friends on every floor, and I knew the bellmen in the lobby.
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Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.
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Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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There is a lot of food culture that goes on in the home and in the community in non-traditional ways. Food is a lot more than restaurants.
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Yeah, the way you’re waiting on me to want you is like waiting for a flame to catch fire.
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Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
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I will not be violent," I chant-mutter. "I will not be violent. I am peaceful and good. I do not want to give anyone the finger.
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God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom.
