Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.
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As a scholar who regularly surveys archival material, I think that, a century from now, cultural historians will find David Horowitz's spiritual and political odyssey paradigmatic for our time.
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Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.
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I've always been a dreamer.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power in relationships and increased their likelihood of heartbreak.
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But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.
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'Tis but a Tent where takes his one day's rest A Sultan to the realm of Death addrest; The Sultan rises, and the dark Ferrash Strikes, and prepares it for another Guest.
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My work has always been political, because the choice of being an artist is political in China.
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We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
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When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young.
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Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
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The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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It shows there is serious intent on the part of energy companies like SSE to try to get not only the newer technologies like wind well established but also the very new technologies out of the laboratory and on the ground, generating power.
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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
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We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.
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To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say 'two plus two is four' to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.
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I had a fabulous childhood. Not many people have an outdoor tennis court that you're allowed to put your ponies on and pretend you're at Hickstead.
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Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.
