Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.
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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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When I sit down and design, it's shoes that always appear.
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Luckily for me, my father had impeccable taste. No contemporary collector was he. His treasure trove of comics included gems such as 'Little Lulu,' 'Frontline Combat' and 'Classics Illustrated.' But the works that stood head and shoulders above the rest were Carl Barks's 'Donald Duck' and 'Uncle Scrooge' comics from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.
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My son is very trendy and with-it, and he was the one who showed me 'Gummo.'
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But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.
