Gertrude Atherton Quotes
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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Do I have to use my feet? Can I knock the window out with my head?
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If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.
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Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God.
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Life! Life! Don't let us go to life for our fulfilment or our experience. Life makes us pay too high a price for its wares, and we purchase the meanest of its secrets at a cost that is monstrous and infinite.
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The best revenge is to live well.
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Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.
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This is a second chance for me, ... There's not much more you can ask for than that.
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We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.
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I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.
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The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
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Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.
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Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.
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Earth's sweat, the sea.
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I'm just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady with a fused spine and three feet of intestines missing and a lot of people think I'm crazy. Maybe you do too, but I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. The mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.
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When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things like the location of a band get in the way or have an effect on your overview, you're cheating yourself out of a really good time.
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We are creatures on this planet that have the capacity of self-awareness, playing out our role just the same as all else.
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Experience suggests that the first rule of politics is never to say never. The ingenious human capacity for maneuver and compromise may make acceptable tomorrow what seems outrageous or impossible today.
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The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.
