Marie Helvin Quotes
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Work made me crazy. I was tough to get along with.
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Who is a terrorist? Is it not the person who has been persecuting human beings simply because they are black?
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I'm willing to do whatever I need to do to change.
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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Whatever age you think I am, you're probably right.
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
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Three years ago he was an honest, self-denying youth, ready to devote himself to every good cause; now he was a corrupt and refined egotist, given over to personal enjoyment. … And all this terrible transformation took place in him only because he ceased to have faith in himself, and began to believe in others.
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In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.
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I grew up in an environment in Birmingham that was really multicultural, with black kids, Irish kids, Indian kids.
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Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum.
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At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
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I have a horrible sense of direction.
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My career has worked out exactly how I like, and I am just happy to go to a coffee shop and nobody knows me, or when they do, they are complimenting me on the work they have seen, and it feels very genuine.
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You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?
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I don't think Flo Rida gets on just any song. If you look at the songs he has done - even The Saturdays one - was a hit. If it's not good enough, then he won't do it.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing that's tough and brave at the time that you're doing it because if you knew that it was brave, then you'd be scared.
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The only thing I can't change is the elasticity of my skin.
