Jules Verne Quotes
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
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The 1920s and 1930s were a period of sensational productivity growth: new products were springing up all over the place, and most of those new products and new methods were developed by people who started their own companies.
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You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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It's kind of cool to have the whole country at your back. Not just a city, but the whole country is rooting for you.
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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
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If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.
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As the culture war is about irreconcilable beliefs about God and man, right and wrong, good and evil, and is at root a religious war, it will be with us so long as men are free to act on their beliefs.
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I would like to get a good education, get married, and have kids.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he has always been comic for serious reasons. He has his own, almost romantic sense of propriety.
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The sweet mellifluous milking of the cow.
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I have a really different touring life to most comedians because I go home every night to do the school run in the morning. So I'm not in hotels or living it up.
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Now my daughter's wedding is finished, I shall improve the economy in Taiwan.
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I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
