Berlie Doherty Quotes
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.
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We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that way. And society at large will work better as well if we can get rid of these old institutions and hierarchies. New innovations like the block chain can make this possible.
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All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
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My education - my Ph.D. in storytelling - comes from having worked on it, being a lover of film and watching them, from working with some great writers and some very good TV directors and then working with some who weren't.
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A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it's being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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As when in Cymbrian plaine An heard of bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting, Doe for the milky mothers want complaine, And fill the fieldes with troublous bellowing.
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I am not meet for petty men, slack their spirit: They know not, they, what day the Chief was made, what hour of the fine day was born the owner, what a beast they keep with its silver head. When we went with Arthur, a sorry strife, Save for seven none came up from Fort Hoar-side.
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This is the thing that I was born to do.
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Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air?Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
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And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautifulThat God alone was to be seen in heaven.
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Unforced, as conversation passed,he had the talent of salutingfelicitously every theme,of listening like a judge-supremewhile serious topics were disputing,or, with an epigram-surprise,of kindling smiles in ladies' eyes.
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But with woodworking, it's really sort of gratifying to be able to have an actual piece to touch, and then step back and be able to share it.
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Be patient. Be authentic. And be consistent. The trust will come.
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When I see something that's sensitive, I go, 'You've got to put that out there.' You need to keep the dialogue going and shine a light on the bad guys. If you sweep it under the carpet, people forget about it. People stop talking about it.
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The desire to reach for the sky runs very deep in the human psyche.
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I met Eva Ibbotson before I became a writer myself, and was in awe of her then.
