Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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I had an amazing childhood.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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My family emigrated to the U.S. after the Iranian revolution in 1978.
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What is required is self-belief, most importantly. And secondly, you should be ready to listen, to be strong to acknowledge what your weakness is, and learn, improve... If you have that, then all this that you are talking about, fielding, running between wickets, they are all minor things...
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The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.
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Good-night; ensured release,Imperishable peace,Have these for yours,While sea abides, and land,And earth's foundations stand,And heaven endures.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
