James Anthony Froude Quotes
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs.
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It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.
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Extremes, though, are always risky and ordinarily downright baneful, and the dangers of prolonged contact with any poetry that seems to exceed what we most familiarly know of the first-class are formidable.
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Die before you Die. There is no chance after.
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Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
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I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.
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I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.
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Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.
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The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
