Lois McMaster Quotes
Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.

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I haven't actually studied acting at all.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
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But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it.
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Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles.
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Resident mockery give us an hour for magic
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'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause - and of obstinacy in a bad one.
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If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.
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You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.
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I would really like to take on something that really surprises people and shows that I want to be taken seriously as an actress. Also, creatively speaking, that sounds really fun.
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I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.
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It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.
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I want to try to help shift perceptions people may have of me as an actor.
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I definitely had dolls when I was a kid. I don't remember being very thorough with them and making sure they got fed in my make-believe world. A lot of Barbie haircuts were given, though. I had a Tamagotchi as well, but I think that thing died really quick. They were hard to do!
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When the technique doesn't arrive at the best level, arrive with your heart, with head, with enthusiasm, with passion, with work.
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When a man says he must develop a holy life alone with God, he is of no more use to his fellow men: he puts himself on a pedestal, away from the common run of men.........If we are abandoned to Jesus, we have no ends of our own to serve.
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For every negative that is a disappointment, there is one that is a joy.
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No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!
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The strength of the alliance on which our security depends is dependent in turn on our willingness to meet our commitments to them.
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Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.