Connie Brockway Quotes
Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.
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Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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We all thought we'd have flying cars by now, but we don't.
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However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
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If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
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I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.
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Cyclists need to help themselves and should not jump red lights. I would ride in London, but I certainly wouldn't ride like that; you just have to be careful. I can understand going down the outside of traffic, but you should obey the rules of the road because we're all road users.
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Once people realized that, 'Hey, we're going to be left on Earth here, and everything is going to hell quickly,' sci-fi soon became about our own self-destruction.
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The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
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The presence of any humility in my life is purely and completely an evidence of God's grace. From my perspective, I am not a humble man. I am a proud man pursuing humility by the grace of God.
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Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.
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Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
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The Law of God in the Christian religion is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ.
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I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school.
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Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.
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Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.
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I'm a very introverted person. Nothing that's happened has changed that, but one of the reasons I write for teens is it's a real privilege to have a seat at the table in the lives of young people when they're figuring out what matters to them.
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We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.
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People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.
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Fortunately, I have money that's from my life's work. But it's money that I share and used greatly to fight poverty in my country.
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Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.
