Amanda de Cadenet Quotes
From the ages of 12 to 35 my body, not my mind, was my primary currency. My ideas, my humor, my curiosity - none of those were valued as much as my body, which preceded me into almost every room.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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So there clearly is a sense in which the Labour Party here, certainly at State level is reaching out and connecting with people and reflecting the aspirations and needs of, you know the mass of ordinary Australians.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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In working with those who are dying, I offer another human being a spacious environment with my mind in which they can die as they need to die. I have no right to define how another person should die. I'm just there to help them transition, however they need to do it.
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Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
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Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
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In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.
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It's a violation of federal law for an officer or an employee of the United States government to make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding the amount we've appropriated.
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I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
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Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.
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There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
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I've studied psychology. I'm fascinated by the human mind, and I love people.
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Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.
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Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.
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Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
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O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!
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From the ages of 12 to 35 my body, not my mind, was my primary currency. My ideas, my humor, my curiosity - none of those were valued as much as my body, which preceded me into almost every room.
