Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it.
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Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
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I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!
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Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
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Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
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Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
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Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
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Earlier, watching her apply mascara with ritual concentration, he'd wondered just how beautiful a woman had to be before she believed it.
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I think we just got outplayed. I think Oklahoma just played better than we did. They certainly displayed the fact that they were a little tougher than we were.
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A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it.
