Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?
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I've always looked the same, and every 10 years, I'm a little bit in fashion.
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You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
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I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.
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Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
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The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task.
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And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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As if channeling Robbe-Grillet, who strove to establish 'new relations between man and the world,' Sesshu Foster's electrifying prose poems tenderly examine then fiercely weave stark-and-broken realities into luminous dream-like narratives on the game of life.
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Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
