Max Beerbohm Quotes
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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But I think we need the international market.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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First, to begin with, Mexico is North American; the one that is using wrong the term is United States. United States is not North America. North America is Mexico, United States, and Canada.
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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.
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I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the pressures that were on him. You can see what people were writing to him, how they were nudging him.
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On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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I feel the hot winds of karma driving me. Nevertheless I remain here. My training was correct: I must not shrink from the clear white light, for if I do, I will once more re-enter the cycle of birth and death, never knowing freedom, never obtaining release. The veil of maya will fall once more.
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Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease.
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Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
