A. P. Herbert Quotes
How proud upon your quarterdeck you stand,Conductor, Captain of the mighty bus!Like some Columbus you survey the Strand,A calm newcomer in a sea of fuss.
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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I am proud of what I've done.
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My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.
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I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
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I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
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Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.
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Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.
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I'm scared of the water, and I hate the sea. I'd be all right if it was clear and I could see what was underneath. But it's the not knowing what's there that freaks me out.
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When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?
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We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.
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Oregonians have many good reasons to be proud of our election system.
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We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
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Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grass lock away carbon at up to five times the rate of tropical forests.
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The simple truth is, the short-term solution is for the FDA to allow more importation of safe vaccines from other nations. But the long-term solution is to get more vaccine production within the U.S.
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Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.
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The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes.
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Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.
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How proud upon your quarterdeck you stand,Conductor, Captain of the mighty bus!Like some Columbus you survey the Strand,A calm newcomer in a sea of fuss.
