Agnes Macphail Quotes
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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'Of course, the test difficulty depends on what you're doing, and on how you're doing it. I'm constantly asking 'How much would I have to screw this up to write an incorrect function that passes these simple tests?' Occasionally the answer is 'Not much,' so I'll throw the code away and start over. It was probably perfect code, but that's not good enough.' 1
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I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes.
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There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.
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Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
