Gertrude Atherton Quotes

All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

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• I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Live
  • Real
  • Family

• Conformity is dangerous.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Dangerous
  • Conformity

• The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Money
  • American
  • Authority

• I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Mind
  • Character
  • Training

• I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Believe
  • Want
  • Liberty

• Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Good
  • Book
  • Success

• I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • Science
  • Science fiction

• It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
  • Good
  • Kids
  • Achieve

• Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Think
  • I Can
  • Throw

• A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.

  

  Odeya Rush
  • People
  • Good
  • Writing

• I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.

  

  Hampton Sides
  • Life
  • School
  • High

• The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.

  

  Bar Refaeli
  • New
  • Choose
  • Walk

• My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Up
  • Time
  • Acting

• With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Up
  • Work
  • Like

• When my lover Hubert Sorin was dying of AIDS, he was always trying to fix me up - posthumously, as it were - with the cute busboy at the hotel.

  

  Edmund White
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Dying

• I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Love
  • Myself
  • Driving

• I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
  • People
  • Like
  • View

• But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Up
  • Music
  • Working

• The evidence that I see around me in society indicates that not only is thinking very much out of favor, but I'm not sure that the last couple of generations - Generation X and Generation Next, or whatever you want to call them - even know what a thought is, having been raised to be women.

  

  Dave Sim
  • Thinking
  • Women
  • Society

• Standing beside each one of our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines is a loving, supportive, and dedicated family whose sacrifice is a true service to our great nation.

  

  Elise Stefanik
  • Great
  • Family
  • True

• What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

  

  Peter Capaldi
  • People
  • Life

• Even if we lose the wealth of thousands, and our life is sacrificed, we...should keep smiling and be cheerful keeping our faith in God and Truth.

  

  Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Life
  • God
  • Truth

• But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me.

  

  Homer
  • Listen
  • Protect
  • Eloquence

• All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

  

  Gertrude Atherton
  • Women
  • Understood