Edwina Findley Quotes
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I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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I loved the challenge of being able to take a character who could be thrown away as 'crazy' and making her identifiable to the audience - also, to give her a vulnerability that people would cheer for.
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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If anybody is interested in listening to good modern music, I would recommend Jim Fassett, 'Symphony of the Birds.' It's really beautiful... with real birds.
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You never talk about what you want when giving money. I don't pay attention to what other people think... There shouldn't be restrictions of any kind on political contributions.
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
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Lunchtime and recess, that was a big part for me growing up. I think it's important for kids to have that.
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I have been able to have a family and to dedicate quality time to my two sets of twins and my husband, as well as to serve on the boards of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and Montefiore Medical Center.
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What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.
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I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordinary works.
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I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.
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Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness -- by making the ultimate escape from life. -- No! It may be that death is to be your ultimate gift to life: it must not be an act of treachery against it.
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May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.
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Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
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Middle School is about as bad as it gets, and then it gets better.
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I expected something a little more castle-shaped," said Jamie. Nothing lasts forever," Nick said. "Except demons, of course." Has anyone ever told you that you're a charming conversationalist?" Jamie asked. No," Nick replied honestly. I cannot tell you how much that surprises me," Jamie told him, and Nick gave him a half smile.
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Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
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Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem.
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In World War II all these countries were completely against each other, complete opposite. Now we're getting them all together, through the idea of music.
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I was going to hit him, but I was in a bad position and I realized I would hurt him, so I pulled out. Maybe I touched him. But I could have hit him and I didn't.
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Honestly, I am pretty passionate about avoiding failure!
