Anna Akhmatova Quotes
Thinking of the sun causes quick beating of my heart - snowy weather comes on the wind lightly drifting.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
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Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
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Unbelievable! I said, "What would I be doing walking the streets at night as a stuffed olive- gate-crashing cocktail parties?
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I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.
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I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.
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You have to be a xenophile at heart to be a true New Yorker.
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Thinking of the sun causes quick beating of my heart - snowy weather comes on the wind lightly drifting.
