#be

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence. ↗

— James Allen

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As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed. ↗

— James Allen

#choicest #dark #developed #flowers #grown

I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good experience and people will want to work with me. ↗

— Joan Allen

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I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it has been very good. ↗

— Joan Allen

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There are tens of thousands of interactions every single day across Afghanistan between the Afghan troops and International Security Assistance Force. On most of those, every single day we continue to deepen and broaden the relationship we seek. ↗

— John R. Allen

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There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today. ↗

— John R. Allen

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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws. ↗

— Karen Allen

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I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was eight. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#day #doing #eight #every #every day

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know? ↗

— Karen Allen

#contribution #even #feeling #find #going

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life. ↗

— Karen Allen

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