Alice Miller Quotes
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
Manfred von Richthofen -
There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
Ralph Fiennes -
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
Victor Ponta -
Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
Imran Amed -
That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
Gabriela Sabatini -
I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
Gabriella Wilde
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
Candice Olson -
Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
Eric Lynn Wright -
One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
Jack Canfield -
With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
Viggo Mortensen -
To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.
Karen Kain
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Samuel Johnson -
My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
Zubin Mehta -
I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'
Zooey Deschanel -
There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.
Adam Cohen -
Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
Ma Jun -
I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
Daniel Alarcon
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Kids today look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.
Uncle Kracker -
Mon unique espérance est dans mon désespoir.
Jean Racine -
My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.
Rupert Penry-Jones -
We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood.
Alice Miller