Barbara Pym Quotes
The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things, she decided, wondering how many writers and philosophers had said this before her, the trivial pleasures like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.
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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Life is like an analogy.
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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I've got the hungries for your love and I'm waiting in your welfare line.
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All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape.
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They don’t need walls and water to keep the prisoners in, not when they’re trapped inside their own heads, incapable of a single cheerful thought. Most go mad within weeks - Lupin
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Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
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The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things, she decided, wondering how many writers and philosophers had said this before her, the trivial pleasures like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.
