Barbara Castle Quotes
Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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My parents were both entrepreneurs.
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The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
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I just think my life's been really blessed, because being in show business, I've met wonderful people, and I've traveled all over the world.
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EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.
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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.
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He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.
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Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.
