Ethel Smyth Quotes
On golf: ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my studio. There are books around me all the time.
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I sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill.
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I think people just want to be popular. So they're going to write lyrics that are going to get your attention. You know, sometimes, they're a little graphic, and I don't think that's so necessary.
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I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours?
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Nobody represents America’s values better than the American people, and I believe this contact will ultimately do more to empower the Cuban people.
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The mind passes in an instant from east to west; and all the great incorporeal things resemble these very closely in speed.
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You're also finding out something as you read vitally important for making your way in the world. And it's this: The world doesn't have to be like this. Things can be different.
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The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.
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I hope that they enjoy the movie. Don't be critical. Don't expect to get the same feelings you got when you watched the series when you were 10 years old. Let your kids see it and experience it on their own.
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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
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It has become a routine for the media to link me with all the stars I work with.
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I'm just a hard worker, and I think that you don't need to have age to be a hard worker.
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I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.
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In this new century, our commitment to family and to faith, to community and opportunity, to freedom and to hope, will be the light that shines to lead us forward.
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I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people... Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.
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The rumor is not true: I am allowed in the state of Texas.
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On golf: ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners.
