Charles Dickens Quotes
Satisfy yourself beyond all doubt that you are qualified for the course to which you now aspire.....and try to achieve something in your own land before you venture on a strange one.
Quotes to Explore
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Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.
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I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.
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If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.
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Computers make me totally blank out.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.
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One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.
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Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans – people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.
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Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
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There are movies that I love tonally, that I would love to emulate. Anything from Wes Anderson or the Coen brothers is right in my wheelhouse, as something that I would aspire to. I love that kind of indie, fun, colorful, funny, sweet, heartfelt but dark film.
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I try to eat as healthy as possible and try to put some weight on.
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I have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me.
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Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.
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A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.
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Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.
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My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt's restaurants.
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Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
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Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.
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Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?
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No other instinct can so satisfy without accomplishing its biological purpose, and no other instinct is so disconnected from its purpose.
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For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk area [in Cambodia].
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It is not the feeling sure of a doctrine (be it what it may) which I call an assumption of infallibility. It is the undertaking to decide that question for others, without allowing them to hear what can be said on the contrary side. And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions.
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Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
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Satisfy yourself beyond all doubt that you are qualified for the course to which you now aspire.....and try to achieve something in your own land before you venture on a strange one.
