Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.
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I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers, they're producers, they're actresses. They're brilliant, funny, excellent women.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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To oppose something is to maintain it.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
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The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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Stay focused on the mission.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction. It's very complex.
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When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.
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Come let us mock at the great That had such burdens on the mind And toiled so hard and late To leave some monument behind, Nor thought of the leveling wind.
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Each colored voter of the state should say in scripture phrase, 'may my hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth' if ever I raise my voice or give my vote to the nominee of the Democratic Party.
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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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You can't feel happy unless you feel free.
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In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
