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Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians. ”
Horror is beyond the reach of psychology. ”
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. ”
Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing. ”
If forced to choose my favourite film, I would have to say 'Raging Bull' because it was the first feature film I worked on, and it was like having pure gold in my hands. But my husband's film 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' is equally a favourite because of its enormous emotional power. ”
As women, we're busy. We're under stress and under pressure, and the expectations are so high for us, so the first thing to go is self-care. ”
You have your best workouts when you go in thinking you don't want to do it, because you're so satisfied with your own determination and grit. ”
I couldn't believe just how emotional I was about the London Olympics. Before the Games even started, I was reading a newspaper sitting in a hair salon and my mom looked over at me and I was just sobbing, because something about seeing the rings and hearing the athletes' excitement and just kind of knowing exactly what they were going through. ”
I am a bad mother.' Every Christmas, this is what I think because the holiday season fills me with such anxiety. I'm sure that other mothers are happily baking cookies, decorating trees, and finding perfect gifts for everyone. ”
I think that, for physicians who want to become writers, they have the material, the smarts, they have the logic, they know the stories; it's just a matter of being able to connect with their emotional sides - that's the key to writing good fiction. ”