A. J. P. Taylor Quotes
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I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
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I really don't know life without wrestling.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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There's plenty of days when I don't want to eat chicken breast and broccoli and rice, but I know what I have to do, and I know the sacrifice I have to make.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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My life is my message.
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When I'm depressed, I definitely comfort eat, but I also eat when I'm happy. The only time I don't eat is if I am terribly nervous.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults
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It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.
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Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.
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Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
