Gabrielle Roy Quotes
She too was standing in the lamp’s raw light. Her cheeks looked hollow, her lips too red, too bold.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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A guy like Benoit, he's really good and a lot like Dynamite. Dynamite, just because he was the original, was the best. But, you know, Benoit now is by far better. Dynamite Kid is nothing now.
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If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.
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There's five cameras, I don't know how many people in the audience... depending on where we're taping, there can be anywhere from 300 to 5,000 people, so the contestants are nervous.
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.
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For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
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Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
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I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
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No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry.
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Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa.
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Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.
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She too was standing in the lamp’s raw light. Her cheeks looked hollow, her lips too red, too bold.
