George MacDonald Quotes
Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
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I miss my parents. But still, my granddaughter, my daughter, my grandma, you know, so it's very important for me. You lost your parents, but a new baby comes. It's like the cycle of fashion.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.
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I think men are, like, repulsive, and I prefer being in a room with women. I think they're often just more interesting.
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People are stupid. There's a lot of dumb stuff that's successful.
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When I saw how people would react and be touched by my voice, this was the moment I thought maybe there's something more to this than just singing around the house.
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Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.
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I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
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I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me:
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I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and kind of be a bit more experimental and open myself up a bit, whether that's taking influence from jazz or soul or electronic.
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I'd rather look like a hobo and be super comfortable than wear something not comfortable.
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I think people have always had ambiguous relationships toward the police because of the position in society they occupy. But that anxiety and that animosity isn't as strong in other places as it is in the U.S., partially because the police are armed here.
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When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously.
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Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
