Rose McIver Quotes

I do think of myself very strongly as a New Zealander, but when I moved out to the States, I was aware that I didn't want to just live in a satellite community of only other New Zealanders.

Rose McIver

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There's a character, Eon, I did back in the 'Captain Marvel' story. Eon came from a greasy smudge on a paper bag inside my kitchen being used for garbage. I went and got a paper and pencil, drew it up, and he became a character in that story. Things come from everywhere.

Jim Starlin

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For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.

Jerry West

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I could stifle my voice, or strip it. I know that I could, because we can do anything we put our minds to. I know that I could, but it feels very unnatural for me to strip my prose like that, in part because place is so important to me.

Jesmyn Ward

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I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal.

Andrew Wiles

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The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Stella McCartney

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I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.

Steven Saylor

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Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes.

Tommy Douglas

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Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy.

Robin Tunney

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At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil.

Roelof Botha

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Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.

Mitt Romney

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I was upset about not going to the Olympics. It was a dream of mine, and I'd been working at it for a long time. But I've turned pro now; it's in the past, and there's nothing I can do about it.

Joseph Parker

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