Ellen Buckingham Mathews Quotes
It is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.
Quotes to Explore
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
Mandy Bujold -
Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
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In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art.
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A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm too old for the silly party, so I had to join the stupid party.
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What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
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There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.
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In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.
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I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
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My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
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I have men in my life. I have a brother. So Maddox will have male teachers. I was raised without a father.
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If you think of play as being in things, there are things that are playable, then it becomes the work of figuring out what a thing can do.
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...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.
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Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."
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The warrior's gift is to willingly storm Hell that Heaven may remain unstained.
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I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.
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With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie.
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In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure.
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When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy.
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It is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.
