Pliny the Elder Quotes
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys an opportunity to extend their careers.
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There have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them.
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I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.
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On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell.
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In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and invited you to step into it, and see how wet you could get, and be thrilled that it was warmer than the sea and warmer than your skin; it was abandon.
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You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.
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At 9 P.M., everything goes off - and it's hard. But it's something you've got to do. I'm wasting my life.
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If you look at the market cap increase in Apple since it created the iPod versus what's happened to the music industry, you have to say Apple got the better part of that deal.
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I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!
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Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.
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Je vous aime,Beaucoup moins que mon Dieu, mais bien plus que moi-même.
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In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
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The worst hotels are any with a bad bed. I stayed in a hotel where they left cards telling me my enjoyment was of paramount importance. I should have written, 'Nice rooms, crap beds.'
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
