Edward Carpenter Quotes
Every human being grows up inside a sheath of custom, which enfolds it as the swathing clothes enfold the infant.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.
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Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I have always been a fierce fighter against anti-Semitism. I oppose it and always have.
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A lot of people have their own perceptions about me, like I'm very stuck up, so full of myself, you know. But it's not true.
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Every human being grows up inside a sheath of custom, which enfolds it as the swathing clothes enfold the infant.
