George Mikes Quotes
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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I trained as a dancer when I was much younger, for a large amount of time, like 6 or 7 years. Not to be a ballet dancer, actually, but I thought it was a complement for an actor. I thought that actors should know how to move, should know how to juggle, should know how to do acrobatics.
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Every single movie I go up for I'm just checking the phone to see if the e-mail's come in, to see if I got the part yet, which makes me more anxious.
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The United States and the Obama administration have consistently opposed the delegitimation of Israel. We've also consistently pushed for legitimation of Israel across the U.N. system. We uniformly oppose one-sided actions designed to punish Israel, and we will continue to do so.
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I've never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn't feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you've got to work as hard as them.
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Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
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There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.
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Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.
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In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
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I look at this game from a different perspective.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals extend the privilege of marriage to the gay community.
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I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.
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Educated and productive young people are needed to help lift their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.
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The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.
