G. M. Trevelyan Quotes
I never knew a man go for an honest day's walk for whatever distance, great or small, and not have his reward in the repossession of his soul.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
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As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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And I knew that it was better to live out one's own absurdity than to die for that of others.
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I never knew a man go for an honest day's walk for whatever distance, great or small, and not have his reward in the repossession of his soul.
