Robert Walpole Quotes
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
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Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.
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A lot of times when people meet me, theyll definitely try to make me feel young or inexperienced. Like, Its all taken care of. Teenagers are such a discerning group of people. Theyll immediately sniff out anything that feels contrived. Im, like, constantly scanning myself to see if Im some corporate executive version of a teenager. Ive developed something of a fearsome reputation. People know that if you talk down to me, I will roll my eyes or whatever.
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To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that proceeds out of the mouth of the unnamed. And yet sometimes it is our only way of pointing to who we are.
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If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.
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Love and Other Theories challenged my assumptions, dared me to think differently and burrowed into my heart. A heart-achingly beautiful story about whether it is better to protect your heart or to take the biggest risk of all.
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If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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I shall strive to inculculate in my men the spirit of the chase.
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Justice and truth are the common ties of society.
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I can't imagine being anything creative in a major town because everybody's doing the same exact thing you're doing. How can you not get confused about what you yourself are doing?
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If you don't know how to look, you'll end up putting down the wrong things, which only dilutes or cancels the power of your artwork.
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Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.
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Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations.
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Fortune tellers live in the future. So do people who want to put things off. So do fundamentalists.
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I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.
