Christine Comaford Quotes
The more we can address an issue the moment we perceive it, the calmer and more present we are, and the easier it is for others to follow our lead.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.
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I grew up being into sports and I wasn't trained to move my body in the right way for dancing. I'm the last one to get any moves correct. In rehearsals it's always, 'OK, one more take for Zac.'
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I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.
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Major organizational changes create uncertainty.
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I think sometimes when you play those extra shifts, it gets you into the game a little bit more and gets you a little bit more involved.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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Most of the time I spend looking for the 25th hour in the day, the ninth day in the week, the 32nd day in the month and the 367th, eighth or 70th day in the year because I feel I have a very rich life.
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Despite what Pope Benedict would have us believe, sex without love can be fucking amazing.
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Resolved to die in the last dike of prevarication.
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I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.
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Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.
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I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?'
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I'm just not a natural teacher.
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Gentlemen of the Convention, your present temper may not mark the healthful pulse of our people. When your enthusiasm has passed, when the emotions of this hour have subsided, we shall find below the storm and passion that calm level of public opinion from which the thoughts of a mighty people are to be measured, and by which final action will be determined.
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The more we can address an issue the moment we perceive it, the calmer and more present we are, and the easier it is for others to follow our lead.
