Edward Jenks Quotes
What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain recognized, even by such a conservative class as legal officials.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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No, we are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... He has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.
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When I'm passionate about something, I just get excited.
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Everyone should just be exactly who they are.
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Strong women, that's who I really respect.
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Unfortunately but absolutely fair to all, the one thing money can't buy is health - and happiness.
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I'm not even really attempting to brand myself outside of 'Humans of New York.' I think part of the reason for my success is that I've put my ego aside and said I'm not going to put all of my effort into trying to promote myself. I'm going to try to promote my work and am going to try to promote my project.
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I was panicked a bit because I really don’t know about … the Cuban Missile Crisis. It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure. I came home and I asked my husband, I said, 'Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?' And he said, 'Oh, Dana.'
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When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most disrespectful thing you can do.
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Why don't I just step out and slip into something more spectacular?
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What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain recognized, even by such a conservative class as legal officials.
