Arthur Eddington Quotes
We are no longer tempted to condemn the spiritual aspects of our nature as illusory because of their lack of concreteness.
Quotes to Explore
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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We were descended from royalty.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I'm not worried at all about going to 160 lb.
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I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much about dying, either. It's just a fact of being human.
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When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.
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My children are my life. They're so spectacular.
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I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
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I hate birthdays.
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The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.
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You dont have to let your life be destroyed by diabetes. You can reclaim your life.
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There is Life in every breath.
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Recognizing the Savior's spiritual light begins with our willingness to believe.
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No one would have expected the escalation of nuclear hostilities, but then again, no one would have expected the dead to rise, now would they? Only one could have foreseen this, and I don’t believe in him anymore.
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We are no longer tempted to condemn the spiritual aspects of our nature as illusory because of their lack of concreteness.
