Agatha Christie Quotes
Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu - and they do not always employ their tongues wisely.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.
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Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
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The whole concept of rewarding customers is a big trend.
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Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together in a different way in each song.
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I've always danced and exercised. I can't imagine not doing it. I'll be Martha Graham in my 90s doing contractions on the floor.
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I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
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One really interesting thing for me was learning about kitchen etiquette, and the differences between an Indian kitchen and a French one. They're different in atmosphere, and also in how chefs maneuver within them.
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But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.
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I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watching someone practice. It creates this kind of a strange in-between, which can be mirrored in the feeling of making a painting.
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Naturally, the reader has access only to the events I show and the way I show them, but as has been said, there's generally a good deal of ambiguity in that presentation.
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You can find comedy anywhere.
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Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.
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Anything that doesn't make sense, I don't want to give too much of my brain to.
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Even the sensible and the competent have been given tongues by le bon Dieu - and they do not always employ their tongues wisely.
