Walter Bagehot Quotes
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.Walter Bagehot
Quotes to Explore
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The best way to travel abroad is to live with the locals.
Zach Braff -
I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
Yasmine Al Masri -
I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
Sam Hunt -
Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
Samantha Power -
What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
Paddy Ashdown -
I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
Usher
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
Karan Mahajan -
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
Lance Armstrong -
You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
Larry Gagosian -
I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
Daniel Barenboim -
My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
Vanessa Paradis -
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
Maggie Smith
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I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns.
Gary Johnson -
If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
Adam Carolla -
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
e. e. cummings -
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
Abigail Adams -
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham -
My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
Mandy Patinkin
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A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell the same way about playing John Madden Football immediately after filing my income tax: It's fun, but - somehow - vaguely pathetic.
Chuck Klosterman -
I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
Henry Miller was such a scribomaniac that even when he lived in the same house as Lawrence Durrell they often exchanged letters. For most of his life, Henry wrote literally dozens of letters a day to people he could have easily engaged in conversation - and did. The writing process, in short, was essential. As it is to all real writers, writing was life and breath to him. He put out words as a tree puts out leaves.
Erica Jong -
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
Ingrid Bergman -
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
Walter Bagehot