D. H. Lawrence Quotes
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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There are those who seem to feel they have no choice about being jerks in the present because they had a crappy childhood. Well, that's the definition of childhood; nobody gets out alive. You either get stronger from what you experience, or you turn it into a crutch, an excuse, a dodge.
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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find the courage to change that. I think change is extremely hard for people.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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I'm a liberal, but I think there's so much that the private sector can do and does do.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
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Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.
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I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or discussing them with directors, I find that's my biggest challenge. Different words mean different things to people.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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Then they'd [Nazi] make movies against England, you know, in the same way, to help, you know, feather their nest for what they - their aggressions.
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I'd rather die than live without passion.
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The dead don't die. They look on and help.
