Bret Harte Quotes
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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I would love to go to Ladakh - there are beautiful monasteries there and because I am from Himachal. I would love to go to Paris. I haven't been to New York, which I have heard a lot about. And, I would love to go to Kanyakumari. I think that would be interesting!
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
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Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.
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The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
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What agent is there other than the Creator of the heavens and earth who can know whatever occurs in our heart, down to its most subtle and secret thoughts, and illuminate the future for us by establishing the Hereafter, saving us from the countless suffocating waves of the world?
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I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?
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It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.
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I was absolutely convinced that I wouldn't win the Nobel Prize. My impression was that the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to people more or less affiliated with, let's say, socialist ideas, and that was not my case.
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If you look at winners of the Nobel Prize in biology, you'll find a fair smattering of people who don't know how to work a pipette.
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The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.