Ethel Smyth Quotes
if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
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To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.
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Speaking our language, you will understand us-and if you can think as another man thinks, you cannot dislike him.
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Brothers don`t necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.
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More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving norms of communication that are being enabled and encouraged by technology and the matrix of connectivity that defines modern life: authenticity over authority, surprise over consistency, celebrity over experience.
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The main long-run contribution monetary policy can make is to provide a stable macroeconomic and financial environment.
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I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there's never any gum under any of them.
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Have you ever noticed when people stop laughing, they say, 'Oh dear?'
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In anything, I always give my all. I'm not a good loser.
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What they've found so far in the Amazon is 5 percent of what there is yet to discover to eat in the Amazon because it's completely unknown. I've eaten things I've never eaten before over there.
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If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.
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America offers the most amount of people the best opportunity to pursue happiness on the planet. That's why millions of illegal immigrants have poured into the country - most of them poor. They believe they have a shot to improve themselves economically.
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I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?
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Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've just got to be sure that it's a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed.
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In any job, you can come under attack or have a door slammed in your face. You do want to listen to critics; you don't want to be in a cocoon and never change. Get a second opinion from coworkers and friends. Know that criticism can be valid, but don't take it personally.
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if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.
