Claire Tomalin Quotes
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care.
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This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published.
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I'm not a stand-up comedian. I'm not an improv person or anything, but I've always been a fan of that stuff.
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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
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I often felt that I didn't train and race enough team sprint to get it right. You need to know that you've got a place to have that continuity of results. Am I in? Am I out of this one? That's tough.
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The book doesn't end when you finish writing it.
