Charles Dickens Quotes
She better liked to see him free and happy, even than to have him near her, because she loved him better than herself.
Quotes to Explore
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Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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I realize that things happen for a reason.
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Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along with mediocre drama more than they'll go along with mediocre comedy.
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Don't lie - when you are 105 years of age - on your deathbed, thinking, 'I should have done a few things!' I would like to think I tried as much as I could.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
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The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances around me. I was married; I lived in a suburb; I had small children.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
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My effort is to slip into any role that is offered to me. The minute you go into those costumes, those grand sets, and start prepping up for the role, you become the part or at least start feeling the part.
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Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started.
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Computers let people avoid people, going out to explore. It's so different to just open a website instead of looking at a Picasso in a museum in Paris.
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In my spare time, I volunteer at my daughters' schools so I can stay involved with the activities and parent/teacher community.
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She better liked to see him free and happy, even than to have him near her, because she loved him better than herself.
