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It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. Maybe it was a thing that could not be spoken with words or writing. Maybe he would have to let her understand this in a different way. That was the feeling she had with him. Carson McCullers
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Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act. Alice Meynell
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I have a great gynecologist who is as gifted at listening as she is at rectal exams. Tina Fey
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head. Charlie Chaplin
Simon Armitage quote: "We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks."
We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks. Simon Armitage
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The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. Luther Burbank
John Steinbeck quote: "The only good writer was a dead writer."
The only good writer was a dead writer. John Steinbeck
With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it's sad that society wants to label the business as doing this to people. It's really not true. Tina Yothers
Like every other creature on the face of the earth, Godfrey was, by birthright, a stupendous badass, albeit in the somewhat narrow technical sense that he could trace his ancestry back up a long line of slightly less highly evolved stupendous badasses to that first self-replicating gizmo---which, given the number and variety of its descendants, might justifiably be described as the most stupendous badass of all time. Everyone and everything that wasn't a stupendous badass was dead. Neal Stephenson
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing. Charlie Kaufman
Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist judges. Newt Gingrich did all those things when he was speaker. We got tax relief. We got balanced budgets. We got, you know, job creation. We paid down our national debt. J. C. Watts
Brad Henry quote: "The only thing holding us back is ourselves."
The only thing holding us back is ourselves. Brad Henry
Perhaps all romance is like that; not a contract between equal parties but an explosion of dreams and desires that can find no outlet in everyday life. Only a drama will do and while the fireworks last the sky is a different colour. Jeanette Winterson
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I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling. Joan Severance
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My favorite part of any project is the preparation. It's where you get to meet the people, the experts. Jason Clarke