Ethel Smyth Quotes
I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.
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I will keep working hard!
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I'm very open-minded.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.
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The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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I almost feel like we do live in a world like 'Caprica.' The fact that it's so close to home is why it appeals to me so much. You're making statements about what's going on right now. You take Facebook and Wii and add it together, and that's what the virtual world in 'Caprica' is.
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Sometimes, things need to be so understated on film that I don't even see them as funny, which isn't my favorite style, comedically. When I watch film comedy, I like people that are a little bit more alive on the screen and wound up. I like volatility and unpredictability and other long words like those.
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I think that with the death of Schumann and Chopin-‘finis musicae'.'’
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All I want to know is that I can keep this house for the rest of my days and I want to make good music... and have the odd sports car in the garage, obviously!
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Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?
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Right after college, a buddy of mine was moving to Boulder for some summer program, and he was like, 'Come live with me.' And I figured, why not? I love Colorado.
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People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I seem to have a number of projects that are moving forward.
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For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.
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What I am interested in are the philosophies of the future. That's what drives me.
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This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency.
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I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
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It's really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.
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We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women - whose stories, for all our differences, turn out, if we listen well, to be our stories also.
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Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!
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I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.
