Nancy Keenan Quotes
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
A. N. Wilson -
So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
Uma Thurman -
I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
Ian Somerhalder -
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
Cai Guo-Qiang -
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
Patrick Schwarzenegger -
How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
Ferdinand Marcos
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
Sam Shepard -
If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
Lady Gaga -
Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
Kate Middleton -
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto -
I'm an atheist, I always thought, 'This is it.' If there is going to be a heaven, it should be on earth. I feel much happier than most people. I'm fairly stoic about death, but I'm not keen on dying if it's going to be long and protracted. I don't have dark nights of the soul, except occasionally. I'm such a little busy bee.
Edmund White -
Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
Rachel Nichols
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I can tell you that Rey is an incredibly brave young woman who starts off alone and encounters Finn, and they go on an amazing adventure, and she makes relationships she never could have imagined, and she sees things she never could have imagined.
Daisy Ridley -
An outsider's point of view is always handy.
Pat Oliphant -
I grew up with the 'Star Wars' movies since before I have many memories. We had them on VHS back in the day, so they were part of the fabric of growing up in my family.
Ian Doescher -
I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
Dan Stevens -
My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'
Valerie Azlynn -
I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.
Magdi Yacoub
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O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
William Shakespeare -
It's unexpected for women's issues to be brought up in places other than women's centers on college campuses or crisis places.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air.
Louis Zamperini -
Since 'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights' came out, I've done a fair amount of public speaking, and the two statistics that always make the audience sit up are that nearly one in three women will have had at least one abortion by menopause and 61 percent of women who have abortions are already mothers.
Katha Pollitt -
There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.
T. H. White -
He still must answer this vital question directly.
Nancy Keenan