Agatha Christie Quotes
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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The Chinese believe that when there are too many policemen, there can be no individual liberty, when there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice, and when there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace.
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Society should see parenting as a public health issue and help parents to bring their children up feeling loved. We have birthing classes, but no parenting classes. The latter is desperately needed if we are to avoid self-destruction.
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When I was shooting the film I did not see the story as an everyday tale or a social one. To a great extent, the film is a mythological look on human life. This is probably what I would like the audience to keep in mind before they enter the screening room.
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I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.
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I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.
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But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand.
