James M. Barrie Quotes
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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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I actually hate shopping.
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If you give a party, you better give it right.
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I'm an activist. I'm a proud activist. So I want to be someone who is pro-black and pro-Africa and still be somebody that has positive influence.
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Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.
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I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.'
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I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.
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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
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I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.
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You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.
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Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive to their feelings. Upon hearing me utter those words almost twenty years ago, my own mother did what and self-respecting middle-class mom would do: went directly into a seizure.
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'It is no hardship whatever,' said Aillas. 'You have never strained at the deed. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and suddenly you find the idea incredible. Do you not sense a taint of unreality?'
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Napoleon the Third was not much. He died in England, and was buried in a country church-yard much the same as Kiltartan. But Napoleon the First was a great man; it was given out of him there never would be so great a man again.
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Not every brand needs to be on every social platform. Brands should have a very strategic objective, whether it's marketing or commercial. The biggest mistake a brand can make is to be on a social platform without a plan or the resources to manage it.
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Thank God I didn't have my children until I was a little bit older.
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Where you now stand is a result of thoughts and feelings that you have offered before, but where you are going is a result of your perspective of where you now stand.
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We are all of us failures - at least, the best of us are.
