Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.
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I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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I have to look at my career as 'it was what it was,' but I do wish there was more of it.
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I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.
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It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.
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Sometimes there’s no point in giving up.
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She doesn't get to say much in the official biography - I believe they are out of wine, etc., practical things - watching with one eye as he goes about the world calling himself The Son Of Man.
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Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
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Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
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It's difficult to write about poverty in a way that doesn't feel cliched.
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I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed.
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Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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When you're in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage.
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They make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their object, neglecting whatever is unrelated to it and carefully setting aside everything which might tend toward the idea they wish to combat.
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Like all technologies before it, artificial intelligence will reflect the values of its creators. So inclusivity matters - from who designs it to who sits on the company boards and which ethical perspectives are included.
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... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.
