Ernest Bramah Quotes
The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.
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Getting recognized and doing shoots and signing on partnerships and signing on deals, that's all great, and I'm so appreciative of that, but it's more the reward that's the most satisfying. I know the importance of working hard, and I appreciate pretty much everything that has come my way; I don't take any of it for granted.
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The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.
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Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids.
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I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.
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Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.
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Mums ask me how to get their husbands off the couch as well as asking me to marry them. But kids ask me to get their mums and dads to play with them more as well.
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I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.
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We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.
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As I have often said, she has two styles of acting: with or without the beard.
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The key to success is to develop a winning edge.
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There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.
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Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic. Or your husband’s boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It’s all about do-it-yourself at the moment.
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I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)
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Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package.
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If they slide too far, they'll find themselves in the same situation as the Xbox did when they launched the PS2 a year before we entered. That's a hill to climb.
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The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.
