Christina Stead Quotes
"I’m afraid to write to your father: he criticizes my spelling,” sneered Henny. “And it appears I know nothing about geography. Hang his stuck-up conceit.
Quotes to Explore
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.
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Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scared and Jewish. So anytime that it gets to a point where there is gonna be a fight, I immediately apologize.
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Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
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I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
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A lot of the songs are based on my previous relationship. It didn't work out. I lost him, and it ruined me. I had to learn to get back on my feet. I used that heartbreak to create something really beautiful.
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I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts, and it goes without saying that there weren't many Nigerian families in that town, and a lot of people couldn't say Uzoamaka.
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I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
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Man does not live by words alone, in spite of the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
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The Chanel woman is slender, sophisticated and chic.
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I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.
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I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.
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In Switzerland, on a high mountain, not far from Lucerne, there is a lake they call Pilate's Pond, which the Devil has fixed upon as one of the chief residences of his evil spirits.
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All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.
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I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools.
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"I’m afraid to write to your father: he criticizes my spelling,” sneered Henny. “And it appears I know nothing about geography. Hang his stuck-up conceit.
