Anya Seton Quotes
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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'SNL' doesn't have a traditional writer's room. On Monday, there's the pitch meeting with the guest, and I played that like it was stand-up.
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Red Carpet has a nice package abstraction layer that allows us to support RPMs and DEBs transparently.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.
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Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.
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My favorite festival beauty look is definitely braids and hats: a messy fishtail braid and a cute outfit, and I'm ready!
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These days, I live on the grid – primarily because of medical issues. But I think that it would be hypocritical for a writer to condemn our surveillance culture and then appear on the Charlie Rose show to blather about personal details. Focusing on a writer’s life undermines the power of that writer’s ideas.
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It didn't matter if I got bitten by a dog or I ripped my pants on the fence post or I poked myself in the eye with a tree branch that I was crawling over, it was all about the shortcut. My whole life I took the shortcut, and I ended up lost.
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You are not your cluster of memorized ideas about yourself. Awareness of this dissolves both the cluster and the belief that others can control you. If you have a self-image of being a desirable person, others can control you by flattering it, but can they control if you have no such image?
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I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.
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Life is malleable and the hammer is desire.
