P. D. James Quotes
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

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I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.
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I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.
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Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone.
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Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.
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I mean, it's weird because people lately have been coming up to me and going, 'Oh, my God. '300' is huge.' I'm like, 'Really? It's not done yet!'
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You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
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I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of controlled substance.
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I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.
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Projects don't need to be special for me to sign up, but I do need them to have something that speaks to me in some way.
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The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.
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If I need to steal from a difficult spot, I like to use a 'bottom-up' attention strategy to direct the focus.
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The moments that I feel the most imbued with a sense of awe are always the moments when I am outdoors. I can't help but feel a certain sense of wonder - I become almost filled with it.
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Great art comes from great artists. There’s a bunch of people that are hurt that still couldn’t have made the album that was super-polarizing and redefined the sound of radio.
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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.