Prudence Pingleton Quotes & Sayings

Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father
who had to say so
told me I was good. At anything. It was a turning point in my life. I went to bed thinking about acting. I woke up thinking about acting. It was like the roof had come off my life! — Jane Fonda

America has everything, why should they want us. — George Harrison

In prehistoric times, early man was bowled over by natural events: rain, thunder, lightning, the violent shaking and moving of the ground, mountains spewing deathly hot lava, the glow of the moon, the burning heat of the sun, the twinkling of the stars. Our human brain searched for an answer, and the conclusion was that it all must be caused by something greater than ourselves - this, of course, sprouted the earliest seeds of religion. This theory is certainly reflected in faery lore. In the beautiful sloping hills of Connemara in Ireland, for example, faeries were believed to have been just as beautiful, peaceful, and pleasant as the world around them. But in the Scottish Highlands, with their dark, brooding mountains and eerie highland lakes, villagers warned of deadly water-kelpies and spirit characters that packed a bit more punch. — Signe Pike

There are so many miserable people out there who have not fulfilled their dreams. I believe you should do something that you love. — John Tesh

You can bet the rent money that whatever politicians do will end up harming consumers ... Economic ignorance is to politicians what idle hands are to the devil. Both provide the workshop for the creation of evil. — Walter E. Williams

A code of ethics cannot be developed overnight by edict or official pronouncement. It is developed by years of practice and performance of duty according to high ethical standards. It must be self-policing. Without such a code, a professional soldier or a group soon loses identity and effectiveness. Once we know our job, have a genuine code of ethics, and maintain unquestioned personal integrity, we have met the first and most demanding challenge of leadership. — Silas L. Copeland

It's the work itself that's important to me.' Miranda is aware of how pretentious this sounds, but is it still pretentious if it's true? — Emily St. John Mandel

We don't smile, but we something. We something. It hurts, the way a deep connection to someone who isn't yours sometimes does. — Corey Ann Haydu

We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with. — Kristin Armstrong

An eating disorder epidemic suggests that love and disgust are being jointly marketed, as it were; that wherever the proposition might first have come from, the unacceptability of the female body has been disseminated culturally. — Rachel Cusk

You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature. — George W. Bush

All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos. — Dieter Rams

It's very simple," said Ford, "my client, Mr. Dent, says that he will stop lying here in the mud on the sole condition that you come and take over from him. — Douglas Adams