Evelyn Laye Quotes
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.
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In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
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Coal is a portable climate.
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Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers.
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For he who fights and runs awayMay live to fight another day;But he who is in battle slainCan never rise and fight again.
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If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different,' or joined an organization that advocated 'change,' we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.
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Showing up is not all of life, but it counts for a lot.
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No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
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I doubt that even if this evidence could be upgraded to 100 per cent it would persuade the sort of people who go on self-appointed missions of mediation to Baghdad. These people further fail to see that governments now have a further responsibility to their citizens - namely to see that something is done to prevent future assaults on civilisation.
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Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.
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I get a huge buzz from spending time with kids.
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My passion was to be on Broadway and to be part of this community because I saw what it was like from the outside as the young kid in and around New York, and I would see things like the 'Easter Bonnet' or 'Broadway Bares,' things I would sneak into.
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'The Wine of Summer' is a beautiful film about love lost and found, and the complexities of life while discovering who you are. It was filmed primarily in and around Barcelona, and the imagery is breathtaking.
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Nobody feels any worse than I do about losing.
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Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
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I'm the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me.
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I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.
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I think that sex should be done, but unlike justice, not seen to be done!
