Eleanor Farjeon Quotes
In love there are no penalties and no payments, and what is given is indistinguishable from what is received.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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How many, once lauded in song, are given over to the forgotten; and how many who sung their praises are clean gone long ago!
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We should never have a doubt about Taiwan's independent status. Taiwan has been an independent and sovereign country since 23 March 1996, the day of its first direct presidential election.
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The aim of the Revolution is, so far as the interests of China herself are concerned, the restoration of her original frontiers and, in regard to the rest of the world, a gradual advance of all nations from the stage of equality to that of an ideal unity.
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It's kind of funny that I've been branded as the empathy lady when, really, what I'm doing is questioning and interrogating empathy.
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You watch the Supreme Court in action on these cases, and they are a conflicted court. However, when it comes to speech issues generally, the court has been protective.
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You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.
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Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.
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I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.
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It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected.
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I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.
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We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.
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I don't know how I do it, but I've written about everything. I've written about my shoes.
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In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.
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When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of marriage, but it's unlikely to be from a wealthy man, so she'll have a hard life trying to make ends meet for her growing family.
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I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'
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In love there are no penalties and no payments, and what is given is indistinguishable from what is received.
