Candice Millard Quotes
With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I think that most people who hire me to do a remix just want it to work in a nightclub, whereas when I'm writing my own album, I don't have to worry so much about 2 A.M.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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You tax Mexico? The president of the United States is going to tax Mexico to get a wall for the United States of America? I'm pointing out the absurdity of a lot of these comments.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
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I also sort of find the idea that not only do actors want to please when they're onstage, I find actors really want to please off stage a lot of the time, don't they?
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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I'm all about people that appreciate, that are grateful, that smile, that have a sense of humour - the dirtier the laugh, the better- that's my kind of vibe... and I hope that's the kind of thing that I attract.
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When I'm working on something, if I went to an exhibition of an artist I respect, then I usually come home quite depressed and look at what I'm doing and throw it all away and start again.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
