P. D. James Quotes
I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like the one insight that's extremely comforting to me about the world is that we all share the same pool of emotion that we draw from.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual 'wows' you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person's not there for you. That's not just females. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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I am the worlds laziest writer.
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Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.
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'Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted by Homer. It does for paganism what the Old Testament attempted to do for monotheism.
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As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.
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I enjoy what I do because it keeps evolving - when I was a cook, I wanted to be a chef de partie; when I was a chef de partie, I wanted to be a chef; when I was a chef, I wanted to be a restaurateur, and now I am a chef entrepreneur. I am still fulfilling my dream.
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If you want my answer about Donald Trump, you can Google it. It's everywhere. They've got this new thing called Google.
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Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.
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I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
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I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.
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I took an acting class with Louise Lasser, Woody Allen's first wife and co-star in many movies. I've done some other indie films, if you look on the YouTube. I love acting - it's great.
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I've always wanted to do a shoot with snakes - big snakes, like pythons.
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As a toy fruit or a toy elephant reminds one of the real fruit and the living animal, so do the images that are worshipped remind one of the God who is formless and eternal.
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See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.
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At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.
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While the law cannot force a person to be moral or tolerant, through the law we can demand respect and expect equality.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.
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I think 'Game Of Thrones' has been genius, and I really don't want it to end. Every episode is huge. It's totally immense, and the actors are all fantastic in it. It has totally drawn me in.
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I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.
