George MacDonald Quotes
A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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I'm usually woken up by the birds and by my schnauzer, Rafa - for me that's the best start to the day. I jump out of bed, throw on some clothes, and race to the polo ground.
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Yes, I'm obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey. I went down the raw-food diet route, but got ill. It was really hard, especially in Britain in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots. I became so ill and anemic, so I stopped that and became a vitamin junkie. I just ate lots of vegetables, exercised and breathed.
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I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
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I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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For me, I can't see Liverpool without him because he's just been there since I was a kid. I had him on the back of my shirt. He's always been on the team every time I've watched Liverpool. It's going to be really weird next season, a Steven Gerrard-less Liverpool side.
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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
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I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
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I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.
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It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts, and make the telephone calls, and do all the so-called grunt work that brings about a successful campaign.
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I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.
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Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.
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We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for years and years, and that if the war power can be used in days of peace to treat all the wounds which war inflicts on our society, it may not only swallow up all other powers of Congress but largely obliterate the Ninth and the Tenth Amendments as well.
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I am a cancer survivor…. Cancer is like enlightenment at gunpoint. One must face it and do something.
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If it were not for repentance and forgiveness, I would become discouraged and discontinue my labors.
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Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact — everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you.
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When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any.
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A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
