S. C. Gwynne Quotes

What I am afraid of is the first thing I was ever aware of being afraid of and what I have told my daughter countless times she need not fear: being alone in the dark. It is a small prison of emotion from which there is no escape. It is also, in its own way, a shattering revelation.

S. C. Gwynne

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FearDaughterAloneI AmBeing Alone

I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.

Joanne Liu

BeingAllergicPolitically Correct

I'm definitely very interested in doing female narrators that aren't typically feminine or emotional or soft - especially teenage girls - because I have such a hard time relating to so many of them that I read. They feel psychologically cuter to me than I ever was.

Andrea Seigel

TimeMeFeelDoingHardEmotional

'La Vie en Rose' is just about my favorite movie. Marion Cotillard, I'm so desperately obsessed with her work.

Max von Essen

WorkRoseHerFavoriteJustMovie

I'll sleep in my clothes sometimes. I sleep in my clothes all the time, actually - in my coat. I just hate getting changed for bed; I like the idea of falling asleep in a natural way.

Suki Waterhouse

TimeHateSleepClothesSometimes

We have a failed state in Syria.

Michael McCaul

StateSyriaFailed

I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.

Lorraine Toussaint

BookRiceReadEveryDuneAnne

I think commercials get a bad rap, that there's no creativity to them, but I haven't found that to be entirely true. The process of auditioning for them can be tedious, but actually doing them can be really fun.

Judith Hoag

CreativityFunThinkProcessDoing

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

Jared Diamond

GoHumanThroughLittleEitherUse

Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don't see themselves as doing work that is demeaning.

Dolores Huerta

WorkPrideDoingProfessionalKnow

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.

Arthur Henderson

ConfidenceActionResolutionQuiet

Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive.

Auberon Herbert

PersonTaxImmoralEveryTakenRate

To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

William Kingdon Clifford

BelieveWrongAlwaysUpAnything

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