P. L. Travers Quotes
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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There's a generation of people who've made their own money and are among the most generous people you would ever meet.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.
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Sometimes you design a shoe, and you think this one is a winner, but you never know when something will be such a crazy phenomenon.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'.
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Kids and adults are treated differently on sets. Being a kid, you can get away with anything, and it looks cute. But as an adult, it's a whole new journey.
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My kids can't eat awards.
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Countries have improved since SARS. They understand the importance of responding and being as prompt and transparent as possible.
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I never liked the men I loved and never loved the men I liked.
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A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
