Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
Whenever a massacre of Armenians is reported from Asia Minor, every one assumes that it has been carried out "under orders" from somewhere or another; no one seems to think that there are people who might like to kill their neighbours now and then.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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Williams really does feel like a family, and I have built up very good relationships with people here; in fact, some of my best friends work for Williams. A friendly atmosphere can really help on the track as well because I feel like I can communicate freely with the team.
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I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.
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At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.
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You can't be happy in a place like London when you don't have money.
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The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.
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My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
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We learn only to ask more questions.
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I'm feeling good about my movement on grass courts; I can serve a little bit better. This makes me much more dangerous than on hard.
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As the polarization in D.C. spreads, the people willing to come to the middle find less and less acceptance.
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The response from the beginning has been really, really wonderful and positive. People have always really responded to me talking about mental health.
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I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to culture.
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You adapt your look to places you live, where you are and what you are doing.
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I'm not 'Grace.' That album is like a brick onto itself. It's like a coffin that I put certain feelings and observations in so that they can be capsulized forever. I wanted to put them there so I would be free to move on.
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I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
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God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade.
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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
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Being on set is a hard thing. A lot of people are like, 'Oh, you get to make a movie, and it's all fun.' But the reality is, it's a lot of hours. It's a lot of reshoots; it's a lot of waiting. And you can become increasingly agitated by the amount of time that you are waiting. But that's real.
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There are many steps on the continuum between controlling something and doing nothing at all.
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I only do private room karaoke where it's just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement.
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Whenever a massacre of Armenians is reported from Asia Minor, every one assumes that it has been carried out "under orders" from somewhere or another; no one seems to think that there are people who might like to kill their neighbours now and then.
