Anne Bronte Quotes
All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.
Quotes to Explore
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
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I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
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Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.
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A girl who is interested in becoming a model must first accept the fact that she is the product. She must be ready to deal with a lot of rejection.
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I will reach out to all states uniformly... I can assure you I will take two steps for every step they extend.
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We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.
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As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
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Earning a comfortable living and being responsible with your money is always a good thing. But, if you let that completely control your life, you're missing out on a lot of incredible experiences that money can't buy.
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.
