Vernon Lee Quotes
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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This world is very good as if we do good deeds then we will get its fruits. World is bitter for those who are live their life with corruption or sins.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Climate change - for so long an abstract concern for an academic few - is no longer so abstract. Even the Bush administration's Climate Change Science Programme reports 'clear evidence of human influences on the climate system.'
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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I really like and singing, and songwriting and producing. It depends on the song and the mood and who I'm working with, what the song is about and where it came from, any number of things affect the levels of creativity. I try not to do too much delineating with my art. Really, it's art, so for me I don't have a most, I just really enjoy my entire process.
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I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate.
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I love the gym, but I still want to look a bit awkward at it. I don't want to look too on top of it, you know?
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All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.
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No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
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There is no end to the deceits of the past.
