Charlotte Charke Quotes
My uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.
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There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
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I was just so excited to have a child! I held him up like he was Simba in 'The Lion King.' I wanted to sing 'The Circle of Life.'
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
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I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I get my gossip from 'Nashville' on ABC.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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I really enjoy being an actor!
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I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to in Washington has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do; because I mentioned the Neo-Conservatives who describe themselves as Neo-Conservatives, I was called, Anti-Semitic.
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Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in the aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned, and disinherited, Cries protest to the Powers that made the world. A protest that is also a prophecy.
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I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.
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There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country.
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My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.
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Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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You cannot have a happy ending to a miserable journey.
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My uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.
