Alice Thomas Ellis Quotes
Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.
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I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.
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My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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I am a just man.
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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I was going to finish my university degree after finishing 'The Tailors,' but 'Pinocchio' made me to take another semester off.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
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The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.
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Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want to earn our own way and atone for our own sins. We like to think that we will go to heaven because we deserve to be there.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.
