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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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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We need to feminise history because we are 50 per cent of the population, and our story is just as interesting.
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You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.
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Application-specific tokens, or app-tokens, are built on top of existing general-purpose blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For the first time, open-source project creators can directly monetize their open-source network.
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I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.
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The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
