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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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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Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
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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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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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On November 28, 2016, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an 18-year-old legal resident of the United States whose family was originally from Somalia, used a car to mow down a group of people at the Ohio State University.
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I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.
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Why do we use flash at all? Because photography is not the same as eyesight. We can see in low-light situations where cameras, dependent upon a physical process to record visual information, are half blind.
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I've found that the more friends I have, the luckier I am.
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The most beautiful girl in the room not only gets the guy, she lands the job, gets better service at a restaurant, rises through the social ranks before her friends. Doors open for the beautiful woman that may not for a female who is twice as smart but half as beautiful.
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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
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Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance.
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The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
