Courtney Milan (Heidi Bond) Quotes
This wasn’t a case of gilding the lily. If there was a lily underneath all that, it had long since been crushed to a pulp. The party stopped in its tracks as she took off her cloak, frozen in wordless contemplation of a wardrobe that made the word “gaudy” sound sweet and demure by contrast.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.
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Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
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Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.
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I do think it's possible to change for the better.
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Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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I think I look great in pretty much everything... kidding! For the red carpet, I like to do really natural eyes and a nice sleek ponytail. Sometimes I'm into a really dark rouge, purple bold lip.
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It's incredible to me that any two individual minds, trapped in their skulls and bodies and histories and unique experiences, are able to reach across the void between them and touch at all.
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A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.
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Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they're doing for the money.
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The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy.
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If we sit here and think about what other teams are doing and the points game and all that, we're going to go crazy, and it's not going to help our game.
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This wasn’t a case of gilding the lily. If there was a lily underneath all that, it had long since been crushed to a pulp. The party stopped in its tracks as she took off her cloak, frozen in wordless contemplation of a wardrobe that made the word “gaudy” sound sweet and demure by contrast.
