P. L. Travers Quotes
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When I pull into a city and I rent a car and it's Nashville, or it's London, or I'm driving in the taxi to the hotel, and on comes one of my songs, it's like, 'Oh my God, they're still playing these songs on the radio.' And you still feel tearful and very grateful that somebody still likes these songs that you made up.
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People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
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Prior to joining NSD, I was briefly associated with a small theater group in Delhi called Sakshi. Saurabh Shukla, Manoj Bapayee were my seniors in that group. I performed a few supporting roles in Sakshi plays.
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Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
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Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there's a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don't have feelings; they don't get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them.
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I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
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I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.
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At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.
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'We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.'
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An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
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''Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?''
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Concerned about his legacy, George W. Bush may yet live to see his name entered into the history of his country as the president who lost the American Southwest that James K. Polk won for the United States.
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Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavour and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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I think, on the whole that scientists make slightly better husbands and fathers than most of us, and I admire them for it.
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There's always another secret.
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Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.
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I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and wonderful life.
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The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.
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It is only through the ordinary that the extraordinary can make itself perceived.
