Margaret Keane Quotes
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In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge.
Edmund Phelps
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
B. F. Skinner
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
Rachel Corrie
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
Zosia Mamet
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
Patricia Highsmith
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In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
Jacki Weaver
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The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.
Zola Jesus
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I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying.
Rachel Cusk
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As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy.
Naomi Watts
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
Carine Roitfeld
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What I don't understand is these people who go on the street wearing riding clothes, and they have never been on a horse. They ought to have their heads examined, really. It's a joke. But, let's face it, we live in a fantasy world.
C. Z. Guest
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
Barbra Streisand
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I like to be entertained, not smothered with 'literary' riddles.
Dan Jenkins
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I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people.
Phil Klay
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The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.
James D'arcy
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I'd rather be home alone, painting.
Margaret Keane