Antonia Fraser Quotes
I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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Industry and institutes need to build smarter linkages.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. We all get hurt by people we love sometimes. It's laughable to believe that anyone is immune. The important thing is how you behave.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.
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Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.
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Guys are much more obvious than they think they are.
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Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.
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Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.
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There's a different set of writers and a different director for the films, but Marvel has turned it into a pretty spectacular job.
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I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.
