Blaise Pascal Quotes
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript book of his poems, written out in the clear beautiful Irish characters.
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Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.
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I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
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Nothing ruins your day more than getting a bad review.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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For me, New York is comfortable, not strange.
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I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
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Any movement at all that reduces disease, that reduces overdoses, that reduces property crime, that reduces violent crime, is good.
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With a tongue like a razor he will kissthe mother, the child,and we three will color the stars blackin memory of his motherwho kept him chained to the food treeor turned him on and off like a water faucetand made women through all these hazy yearsthe enemy with a heart of lies.
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Every man's disease is his personal property.
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What I found was that I thoroughly enjoyed the plumbing of experiment.
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It doesnt matter how many people vote, only who counts them.
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Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.
