Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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War on terrorism reflects, in my view, a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy for a superpower and for a great democracy with genuinely idealistic traditions.
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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I'm a huge 'Harry Potter' fan. When you're acting, it's a fantasy already, maybe it's the costumes, I love it. It's so fun.
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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It's beyond shameful this House can pass trillions of dollars in tax breaks for those with the most security but not see it to provide its way, see its way to provide health insurance for the children most in need.
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The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
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Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
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Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
