George Ade Quotes
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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Stars arrive on their own timetable.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
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How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!
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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.
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My mother was murdered by my step-father, my brother's father, who was also named Joel, twenty-five years ago. Whatever sadness or burden I've been living with since then, my brother's also been living with, but he's lived with the added burden of having the exact same name as our mother's murderer.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!
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Good short-story collections, like good record albums, are almost always hit-and-miss affairs - successful if they include three or four great tracks, wildly successful if they have five. And that's as it should be.
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I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.
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Perfectionists are their own devils.
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Without numerous schools offering hands-on opportunities, no commander will be cultivated.
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As that the walls worn thin, permit the mindTo look out thorough, and his frailty find. 1
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A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
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You can never perfect a relationship, and you can never perfect yourself to be in a relationship. You're always going to be changing, and you hope it's for the better.
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There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
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You know, we've got so much on Bravo and coming up on Bravo, and I think we have so much more going on than 'The Real Housewives.' And I think 'The Real Housewives' is a great, you know, great addition to the portfolio. I think it brings a lot of viewers under our umbrella. And I think they stay and sample other shows.
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Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can't satirize a satire.
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We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics.
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Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.
