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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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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We learn only to ask more questions.
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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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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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Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa.
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I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, manga, comic books; so I guess, to some degree, those things influence my personal idea of what looks nice, which definitely isn't everyone else's.
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To be a billionaire, you have got to get lucky.
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Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now.
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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
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I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.
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I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.
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The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.
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I've got guns now. It's kind of gross.
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It is not necessary to live, But to carve our names beyond that point, This is necessary.
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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.
