Jerome K. Jerome Quotes
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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I was held in the Mazra Tora Prison for my role as leader of the pan-Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alexandria.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.
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I actually was a good student, but I never applied myself 'cause I was always like, 'I don't love doing this.' I wasn't passionate about school. I always got a B just to pass. But what's crazy is I got a 29 on my ACT test without even studying. So I was always, like, just smart - but never really cared.
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What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.
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Maybe I've got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I'll direct a film. Maybe I'll have my musical put on stage. But nothing, really, to be absolutely honest, competes with making a very successful pop band for 10 years of my life.
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Acceptance is so important because we cannot go through this journey alone. I am fortunate to have a very supportive family, but not all trans kids are so lucky. I recommend seeking out a friend or an adult who you think will accept you and telling them how you feel.
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Working at something you don't care about is the very best way to waste your life.
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If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
