Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
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Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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One of my first investments was $100,000 in a Web-based calendar startup - and I lost every dollar.
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If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.
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Indeed, that is exactly what they [the Arctic convoys] were. We know that the conditions in which they fought were appalling. Time and again they faced death in the name of a common victory and we remember that.
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As a kid, baseball was always my passion.
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The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing.
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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
