Astrid Lindgren Quotes
There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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I love Star City - it is my home.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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I would bump A Tribe Called Quest in my car all day.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion for it came from.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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All I've done all my life is disobey.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence?' I should start doing autographs - although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn't make that mistake.
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Every human being makes mistakes.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school.
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We found ... that being a good parent to one's own child was never and in no way enough; until we were all responsible for all the children of the world, no child would ever be safe, no society could survive.
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There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.
