Mary Chapin Carpenter Quotes
So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
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I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
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I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.
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I'd love to continue my career in Hollywood - I'd love to do another action film, or a romantic comedy, or horror. I love horror films.
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So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.
