Christopher Morley Quotes
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Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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Movies are too literal.
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
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I slept in van Gogh's bed. I worked in the room where he painted. I saw the place where he was cared for when he cut off his ear. I lived in the jail cell where he stayed. And I looked out the window. You remember that picture of the cornfields through the bars? That was what I saw.
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I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.
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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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I personally do not listen to a lot of music. It helps keep my mind free. I don't want to sound like someone else from the get-go. I want to express myself and the world in my head.
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Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.
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Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.
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I want to get better every year.
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I try not to read the stuff online because it's so hurtful and stuff. There was somebody that said I was messing up my genetics by dating my boyfriend because he's not black. It was an interesting thing to read.
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If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.
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I want to elevate you to take positions in law offices, in stores, on farms, and wherever you are capable of going.
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Every country needs another country to make fun of.
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My music is not lovely.
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To be honest, I thought it was similar to animal husbandry." Sally's tone turned dry. "Sometimes, my lady I'm afraid it isn't that different." Pippa paused, considering the ords. "Is that so?" "Men are uncomplicated, generally," Sally said, all too sage. "They're beasts when they want to be." "Brute ones!" "Ah, so you understand." Pippa tilted her head to one side. "I've read about them." Sally nodded. "Erotic texts?" "The book of Common Prayer.
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My confessions are shameless. I confess, but do not repent. The fact is, my confessions are prompted, not by ethical motives, butintellectual. The confessions are to me the interesting records of a self-investigator.
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Wealth does not teach us to transcend the desire for wealth. The possession of many goods does not bring the repose of not desiring them.
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Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way. This is a key reason why voters routinely associate Trump with authenticity: He rarely pauses.
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The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.
