Charles Lamb Quotes
Some cry up Haydn, some Mozart,Just as the whim bites. For my part,I do not care a farthing candleFor either of them, nor for Handel.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
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I find the business world hard.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.
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I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.'
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I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.
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I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
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Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.
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Some cry up Haydn, some Mozart,Just as the whim bites. For my part,I do not care a farthing candleFor either of them, nor for Handel.
