Wendy Beckett (Sister Wendy) Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.
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I'm understated in my approach.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
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I do tend to lose myself in whatever job I'm doing or hobby I'm into.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
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Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.
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Great art changes you.
