Cornelia Meigs Quotes
War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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I think I'm very old-fashioned.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most successful franchise of its kind.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally.
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At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted, full of unexpected twists and turns - not a cold and bullying prison - it's a place of infinite jest.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
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From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate.
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You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
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You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
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My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.
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They can put me in a jungle. Still, I can create.
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Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.
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When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.
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I like playing complex, interesting characters. Sometimes I don't think there's much of a strong line between right and wrong for a character. Every character is somewhere on a moral spectrum.
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I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.
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Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and shame while the other plays the persecutor policing what is ‘normal’. The only way to dismantle homophobia is for every gay man and lesbian in the world to come out and live authentic lives. Once they realise how normal we are and see themselves in us….the controversy is over.
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I am a poor man from a poor country, so I have to be entertaining every second.
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War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer.
