Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Any man that walks the mead In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humors lead, A meaning suited to his mind.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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I've laid my friends bare.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.
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When you're offered a job to serve your country, you step back and assess. And once I spoke with President Trump and told him what I thought I needed to be successful - which was to be a Cabinet member; to be on the National Security Council, where I could be a part of the policy decisions; and to be able to say what I wanted to say - how do you not do that job? He was incredibly supportive. He's continued to be. I love a good challenge, and this certainly has been that.
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I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before I wrote 'The Bone Season' at nineteen.
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Reality is captured in the categorical nets of Language only at the expense of fatal distortion.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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As long as a memory is inaccessible, the mind is unable to change it. But as soon as a story starts being told, particularly if it is told repeatedly, it changes – the act of telling itself changes the tale. The mind cannot help but make meaning out of what it knows, and the meaning we make of our lives changes how and what we remember.
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Any man that walks the mead In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humors lead, A meaning suited to his mind.
