Lydia M. Child Quotes
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
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I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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I was a sophomore in college, and I did an industrial video about how to use the Internet - that dates me! It was with John Turturro, somehow they had gotten John Turturro to do this thing, and I was so excited and so nervous I probably drank 10 cups of coffee that morning.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
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Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos.
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Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
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My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I'm like, 'That was me growing up in Brazil!' I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman.
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I loved 'Pan's Labyrinth.' It transported me into another world. I like fantasy worlds; I love 'Lord of the Rings' as well, for that reason, because you really get to get out of reality and go somewhere else.
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People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.
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For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
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I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent a lot of time on my own in the fields or by the lake, with just my imagination for company. I suppose I never wanted to let that part of me go.
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I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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The Amendment nullifies sophisticated as well as simple-minded modes of discrimination.
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There must be some deep-rooted anti-social principle in every man's nature, so dearly does he love aught that separates him from his kind ; or is it but one of the many shapes taken by that mental kaleidoscope, vanity, the varying and the glittering, the desire of distinction, sinking into that of notice?
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It’s tradition. I remove a head, I bring it backstage, I place it on Mr. Fertitta and Mr. White’s desk. 'Here you go boss. Another one done.' And then we discuss big business.
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There are so many people who just want a flashy object in front of their eyes and don't want to think at all; I find that disturbing.
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The way I heard about The American Giving Awards was from the people that I work with. My publicist and I had a conversation a while back about wanting to really get involved more and more. We've been working with the National Council for Adoption with the children's home that I was adopted from called Holston Home.
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I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards for a year and a half, and went back to guitar.
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This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.
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The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
