John Hanning Speke Quotes
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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He was about building up the Trump name and then selling it and leasing it in as many different ways as possible.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Since the age of 14, I have littered – excuse me, adorned – the Internet with Taylor Swift analyses.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.
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You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
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The destruction of the past, or rather of the social mechanisms that link one's contemporary experience to that of ealier generations, is one of the most characteristic and eerie phenomena of the late twentieth century.
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I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties.
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So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.
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Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.
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The world asks us to be quickly readable, but the thing about human beings is that we are more than one thing. We are multiple selves. We are massively contradictory.
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My first occupation was to map the country.
