Ernest Bramah Quotes
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
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I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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Once you know that every moment and every person and every situation has something to teach you, you're a student all day. You know it's the depth of your observation that is the issue - not how much the world has to show you.
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Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds of propriety for our sakes, and throws herself unblushingly at our heads, we conclude it is either from a sudden and violent liking, or from extraordinary merit on our parts, either of which is enough to turn any man's head who has a single spark of gallantry or vanity in his composition.
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An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
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A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.
