Charles Dickens Quotes
Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.
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I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.
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I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're doing this for nothing. An audience is crucial, a back and forth with the invisible readers.
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Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an autograph for her?' And some people send me stuff. I don't mind it at all: as a sportswoman, you owe them because they support you.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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People, who accused me of practising a monopoly were wrong. The media fuelled rumours about my 'monopoly.' The first question I was always asked during interviews was about my supposed monopoly.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes.
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You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer. 'So,' I said. 'Tell me' 'It's an animal attraction,' he said simply. 'Totally chemical.' 'Hmm,' I said. 'You could be right.' 'It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me.' 'No?' 'Nope.' His hands were in my hair now, and I was leaning in, not able to totally make out his face, but his voice was clear, close to my ear. 'Just that you do.
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In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky.
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.
