Johan Huizinga Quotes
Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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Transformation literally means going beyond your form.
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I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test.
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I'm terrible in high heels. I'm so bad.
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You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.
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I grew up having to piss in a bucket ’cos there was no indoor shitter, and now I have these computerised Japanese super-loo things that have heated seats and wash and blow-dry your arse at the touch of a button. Give it a couple of years and I’ll have a bog with a robot arm that pulls out my turds, so I don’t have to strain.
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Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.
