E. M. Forster Quotes
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The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones.
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History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.
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Trust yourself, your intuition, your desires and your pursuits. Don't question yourself too much. Place one foot ahead of the other and go forward steadily. No one will understand as you do the work, the art, you are making - so no need to look for audience approval or ratings.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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History develops, art stands still.
