Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
I'm sure it's wrong to go on being good for too long, till one gets miserable. And I can see you've been good for years and years, because you look so unhappy.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there, I joined this singing troupe in California, and I would just go sing at festivals in this girl group and perform as much as I could.
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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The maximum expression of running dogs is the Iditarod. You enter a state of primitive exaltation, and you never return. You're never normal again.
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Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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Another busy day! So let’s to business. The clock moves forward; wasted time is life defeated!
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Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
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I always ask the question: As more Africans are going online, are they finding content that is meaningful and relevant to them, or are they just consuming from everywhere else. As Africans, we have the capacity to generate our own content.
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We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.
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Something that 'Game of Thrones' always does successfully is that action sequences are never just action sequences. There's always a point of view, and you're always identifying with one person or one group of people.
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Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
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There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
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Music and acting kind of all goes together.
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The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments.
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The core of what I do is solve problems, whether that's in graphic engine flow or rockets. I like working on things that are going to have an impact one way or the other.
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There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street and on the streets of New York City were the musicians. They were doing the greatest healing work. They knew how to punch through music that would cure and make people feel good.
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And an integrated life is one where you're able to fit the different pieces of your life together in seamless fashion.
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I'm sure it's wrong to go on being good for too long, till one gets miserable. And I can see you've been good for years and years, because you look so unhappy.
