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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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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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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Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.
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I deserved a 'T'. I was trying to get our guys (motivated). It was a good call.
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Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.
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I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat.
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Assume any career move you make won't go smoothly. They won't. But don't look back.
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I was being taken around by a press agent at the Venice Film Festival at age 18. Was it fun? Sure. But it was a dangerous path to be walking on as far as having a substantive life. Because the casualty rate at the Venice Film Festival for 18-year-olds? High.
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It is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.
