Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
There are no lost opportunities in Divine Mind, as one door shuts another door is opened.
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I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
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Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
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Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
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No two wars are identical.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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I rather think that archives exist to keep things safe - but not secret.
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I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.
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From the start, I used a different kind of girl in Nars campaign images. My choice to use models of colour such as Alek Wek, Naomi Campbell and Karen Park Goude was absolutely a deliberate one. I felt that makeup was universal and should apply to everybody.
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Restraining the thought-streams natural to the mind, ... the seer dwells in his own nature. Otherwise he is of the same form as the thought-streams.
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Music is the poor man's Parnassus.
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There are no lost opportunities in Divine Mind, as one door shuts another door is opened.
