Elizabeth Montagu Quotes
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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Today, the scope for variety has shrunk drastically. There are only a handful of topnotch composers like A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit... that's it.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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'Heartbeats' is a film on people magnifying and subliming reality when they're in love. Hence the overstylized look, the aesthetics, the robes, the dresses, the vintage, hipster-ish look: All of this is voluntary. I'm not a hipster. I'm not!
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There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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The whole 'serious artist' thing is very damaging. The powers that be will steer you towards your own demise. One thing I've learned is that it's not very glamourous, and my problems are no different from anybody else's.
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Banks will have to win the confidence of their customers through fair dealing, making good loans, and remaining financially healthy.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
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Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
