Frances Mayes Quotes

If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.

Frances Mayes

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CarYouGrowingConnectedLandSize

When I was a young girl, I wasn't always trying to have curly hair.

Jillian Hervey

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If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

Joel Osteen

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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven't seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it's a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I'm in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don't feel like you don't know where I've been.

Matthew McConaughey

GreatFeelYouGoKnowWant

Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner.

Michael Eklund

LifeCommitmentYouBackBecause

We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to bear on Parliament, other than the Parliamentary vote, was the real line of progress.

Mary Augusta Ward

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In my experience, divorce takes you out for about 10 years, but you hear people talk about it lightly. The same with depression. You only have to have one good breakdown before you realize you need help. It's pretty frightening.

Julia Cameron

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I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

Javier Bardem

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We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed.

Dean Kamen

LiveIdeasWorldYouWantMore

When it comes to my career and investing into myself, I'm going to be very particular and meticulous about how I'm doing things so that I can reach the level of success that I want. I'm also going to take some chances, because who better for me to invest in than myself?

Christina Milian

SuccessMyselfMeBetterDoingWant

Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at my racket, reproaching it for playing so badly when I myself have been trying so hard.

Craig Brown

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We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun.

Claire Danes

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One industrial age belief is that GDP or GNP is a measure of progress. I don't care if you're the President of China or the U.S., if your country doesn't grow, you're in trouble. But we all know that beyond a certain level of material need, further material acquisition doesn't make people happier.

Peter Senge

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