"The thing I always thought of myself as was an actress. I never thought: I want to be. It was always: I am."

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Source : "84 years an actor". Interview with John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2014.

June Squibb

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“In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.”

Source : Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.12, Kregel Publications
“It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably”
“London is like a collection of hills. There are lots of desirable spots and lots of space in between. The idea of elbowing people out of your way to get somewhere - literally or metaphorically - seems foreign here.”
“One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that.”

Source : "Olympics 2012: Yohan Blake aiming for brilliance rather than Usain Bolt" by Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2012.
“At some point in my career, I was thinking, "Why am I not a star? Why am I not Brad Pitt? Why am I not Tom Cruise?"”
“For a while I used to listen to those whispers about babies costing you books, and Cyril Connolly's loathsome quote that "There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall." But it's rubbish. Absolute rubbish. A huge amount of your work is done when you're not at your desk. Knotty problems that you need your unconscious to solve. So it can be helpful to walk away and focus on other things and it can be helpful to be a bit harassed in your daily life, to be hungry for time to write.”
“My vision is to inspire others to find purpose and happiness.”
“The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.”

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