Edwin Muir Quotes
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Sleeping is one of the more private aspects of parenting; it happens in a quiet room, whereas eating is a more public aspect of parenting. Other people can see it and compare it to what their kids eat.
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I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like that, too. So I try my hardest to be more in touch with the Lord.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand.
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If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance is to the Republican party.
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À quelle heure, s'il vous plaît?
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'There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.'
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Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line or roadkill.
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We should tell people we are working to protect our country. We are working to make America stronger for the long run.
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Commissioners are obsessed with young people, which is funny because they don't watch telly - only old people do.
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If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.
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Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.
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We meet ourselves at every turn In the long country of the past.
