Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
To be among people who are smothered in furs when one hasn't any oneself makes one want to break most of the Commandments.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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J. J. Abrams is amazing.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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I'm an emotional person. I may not seem that way, but I'm an emotional person.
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I had no interest in cinema until I was 24 years old. My friends had posters of their favourite stars in their houses, but I was far from a film buff - very detached from films.
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I love to interview outrageous people who speak their minds; also, people who have some kind of mystery attached to them.
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It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death. (1 April 1939)
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I always believe a woman should have 5 non-negotiables that she should stick to when attracting a mate. If the guy does not have these five major things - then she should not give the guy a chance as she's wasting her time. The rest is up to the magic and wiggle room the universe gives.
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The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there's no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection.
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I mix up all styles on my albums because that is what music is about now.
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I don't believe in having a rest day.
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My father's politics and ideas were, to me, unforgivable. He was a Jewish convert who became very anti-Semitic, and I didn't find the anti-Semitism forgivable.
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In other words, New York has gone all suburban and bourgeois on us.
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Trump says very scary things - deporting immigrants, massive militarism and, you know, ignoring the climate. Well, Hillary, unfortunately, has a track record for doing all of those things.
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When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!
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I think I have femininity, I have masculinity, but I get to use all of Jeffrey, and that's very powerful. And this is what I always thought when I went down in my little basement in San Francisco, where I grew up, and daydreamed about being an actor: It felt like this. This is what it felt like.
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There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.
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The alphabet was invented in Iraq, so it's a cool place.
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I'm looking to see more women of color not only in companies in technology, but also creating companies.
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To be among people who are smothered in furs when one hasn't any oneself makes one want to break most of the Commandments.
