M. F. K. Fisher Quotes
I think that when two people are able to weave that kind of invisible thread of understanding and sympathy between each other, that delicate web, they should not risk tearing it. It is too rare, and it lasts too short a time at best.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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The interweb's got a weird vibe.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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A will finds a way.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.
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My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.
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I wanted to create things that you can always pull out of your closet and rely on. I wanted to create a timeless, classic collection of clothing that you can keep expanding on.
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The fabric of American Empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of National power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority.
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I have a hard time watching the shows now. It is like opening up a yearbook when you were in junior high. I think everybody looks back at their photos and cringe, and I get to experience it with everybody else in the world looking at mine.
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Property-owners are the most energetic flag-waggers and patriots in every country, but only so long as they enjoy their possessions: to safeguard those they desert God, King and Country in a twinkling.
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I think that when two people are able to weave that kind of invisible thread of understanding and sympathy between each other, that delicate web, they should not risk tearing it. It is too rare, and it lasts too short a time at best.
