Frederick Marryat Quotes
All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.
Quotes to Explore
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I just think people should be able to express themselves.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
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The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.
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By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be.
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The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; But on the hills the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood, Till fell the first from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men, And the brightness of their smile was gone, from upland glade and glen.
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Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest.
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Teaching is enormously satisfying because I'm constantly learning more. Just constantly being exposed to new voices and new life experiences and new worldviews and new structural dilemmas and new characters - it's really exciting for me.
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All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.
