Ovid Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.
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Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
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'Shotgun's one of the first songs I ever wrote. It's about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner I used to hang at before I could go to bars.
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I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors.
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Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.
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There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace.
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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
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Guess what, I'm the opposite of a role model!
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The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.
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I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.
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You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
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Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.
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I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power.
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For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.
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The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night.
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I was pretty as a child and I felt that I wasn't very manly and that plagued me for years.
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Don't labor forever over the question of how or if you can do it. Studies have shown that the most successful people make decisions rapidly because they are clear on their values and what they really want for their lives.
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Res est solliciti plena timoris amor.
