Walter Bagehot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
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I have a great office.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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Like every girl, we don't talk about our surgeries.
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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion.
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Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike education so much is, that it makes all people alike, until you have examined into them; and it sometimes is so long before you get to see under the varnish!
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I have a collection of vintage sundresses, and I've never worn them because for some reason I always opt for shorts and a t-shirt. I wish I could commit to them. I will. I have a few really great pieces I've been holding onto for years.
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For a long time, since story collections look almost precisely like novels, I presumed that they were meant to be enjoyed in the same way as novels.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
