Martha Reeves Quotes
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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Indeed, our British friends have decided to leave us - which is very sad for all of us - but life goes on, and the European Union as well goes on.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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Since I was 17, I had been just making records and promoting them.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
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I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, though. I didn't realize how difficult it was to make a horror movie as an actor. Physically and mentally, phew.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other.
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God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application.
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
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I really enjoy being an actor!
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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
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Is it the gods who set this fire in our hearts, or do we each make our fierce desire into a god?
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Now for my own case, I bless the Lord that, for all that hath been said of me, my conscience doth not condemn me. I do not say I am free of sin, but I am at peace with God through a slain Mediator; and I believe that there is no salvation but only in Christ.
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As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exersice - I walk on a treadmill.
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Sometimes the people closest to you betray you, and your home isn't a place you can be happy anymore.
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Peace is only better than war if peace is not hell too. War being hell makes sense.
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God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.
