U Thant Quotes
I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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Actors don't have real value.
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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Writers need their totems, their altars. Mine, I feel, share the same randomness and utility of those belonging to painters I know, who are relentlessly visual and even poetic.
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My family moved to Israel when I was eight until I was 10, and then we came back, and my parents split up. I was suddenly in a single-parent home and on scholarship. Fifth grade was such a hard year for me.
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I followed a guy to Denmark. I came home with a broken heart.
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I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden.
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I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.
