Eleanor Farjeon Quotes
Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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The stage is our pulpit, and you can use all of that energy and that music and the lights and the colors and the sound. But you know, you've got to be careful.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.
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I want to play one more than Arnie. I want to get to 51.
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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.
