George Gissing Quotes
Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion.
George Gissing
Quotes to Explore
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
Fergus Henderson
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We need to recognize the opportunity that green jobs present to Florida and to the economy.
Ted Deutch
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I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to he right.
Samuel Johnson
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Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew,She sparkled, was exhal'd and went to heaven.
Edward Young
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Tom Landry is a perfectionist. If he was married to Raquel Welch, he'd expect her to cook.
Don Meredith
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Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.
Matthew Desmond
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Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.
Penn Jillette
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
Garth Brooks
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With each passing decade, history becomes less real for us, less immediate and essential to our way of life, and so, like 'green' nature, more of a commodity or an advertising gimmick.
John Burnside
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She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and oh The difference to me!
William Wordsworth
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
Garret Dillahunt
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Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion.
George Gissing