Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him.Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
Jack London -
I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that!
Nafisa Joseph -
[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.
Jack Williamson -
Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, she’d never even suspected that it could feel this way.
Rachel Caine -
My backhand is definitely a lot more solid and consistent. There were times when I couldn't hit it into the ocean.
Andy Roddick -
Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
Oprah Winfrey
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Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.
I. L. Peretz -
The tattoo has a profound meaning: the superficiality of modern man's existence.
Anthony Daniels -
They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men down with the statement that you have troubles of your own.
Napoleon Hill -
Mourn not for the vanished ages with their grand, heroic men, who dwell in history's pages and live in the poets pen for the grandest times are before us and the world is yet to see the noblest work of this old earth in the men that are to be.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
In past wars only homes burnt, but this time Don't be surprised if even loneliness ignites. In past wars only bodys burnt, but this time Don't be surprised if even shadows ignite.
Sahir Ludhianvi -
The wheel and the brake have different duties, but also one in common: to hurt one another.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own parents and children as well as the parents and children of others. The old are cared for, adults have jobs, children are nourished and educated. There is a means of support for all those who are disabled or find themselves alone in the world. Everyone has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Devotion to public duty leaves no place for idleness. Scheming for ill gain is unknown. Sharing displaces selfishness and materialism.
Confucius -
Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.
Sofia Villani Scicolone -
When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
Orson Welles -
Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton