M. F. K. Fisher Quotes
I cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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Every minute I'm on the set, it's play time for me. I feel like I'm on the beach!
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was 'well timed,' according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word 'Wait!' It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This 'wait' has almost always meant 'never.' We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that 'justice too long delayed is justice denied.'
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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You can't know if your values are being violated if you're ambiguous about what they are.
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It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such as technique, uniqueness, emotional investment in the notes, etc. But If I had to pick one, it would be Tommy Emmanuel. Watching him perform can be a study in artistic and virtuosic human achievement.
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I'm open to anything. I think everyone should enjoy every moment that they experience.
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I cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.
