Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.
Quotes to Explore
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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates - which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing.
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Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
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The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
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I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.
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People weren't even aware that I wrote my own songs. The media just promoted me as a female body. It's like I've had to prove that I'm an artist.
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I played on three of Bob Dylan's albums. I have very pleasant memories, especially the Nashville Skyline album was a real fun album to do. He was in a great mood. He was glad to be in Nashville, where the musicians were very laid back and very creative. We had a lot of fun doing that album.
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The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.
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When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.
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We have to be concerned about future obligations.
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When we started Poco, we were too country for rock, and we were too rock for country.
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Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.
