Jerome K. Jerome Quotes
What between tipping the man who had brought us home, and paying for the broken sculls, and for having been out four hours and a half, it cost us a pretty considerable number of weeks’ pocket-money, that sail. But we learned experience, and they say that is always cheap at any price.
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.
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There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.
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The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.
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What between tipping the man who had brought us home, and paying for the broken sculls, and for having been out four hours and a half, it cost us a pretty considerable number of weeks’ pocket-money, that sail. But we learned experience, and they say that is always cheap at any price.
