John Buchan Quotes
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I write in a small office at home.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.
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I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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Singers like her, Patti, Tina Turner, I revere them when I'm in their presence.
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I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom.
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One must be prepared to reject not only the schema of the physical library, which is essentially a response to books and their proliferation, but the schema of the book itself, and even that of the printed page as a long term storage device, if one is to discover the kinds of procognitive systems needed in the future.
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I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.
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I know the importance of family. I mean, it really completes me as a person. I want lots of children; I want so many children. I look at babies' pictures, and I am like... I love kids.
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We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
