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.
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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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Foreigners assume that because of the war, the two sides must dislike each other more than West and East Germans did. The opposite is the case. Some of my students say, 'The North would never attack us, we’re the same people,' as if the war never happened. And North Korea would now be just as committed to unification if it hadn’t.
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I believe in comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.
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To a smart girl men are no problem - they're the answer.
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He stayed very well inside of what we're trying to do.
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I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.'
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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.
