Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
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During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
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I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.
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The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that.
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That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question.
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There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.
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Somebody said I am the most popular person in Arizona because I am speaking the truth.
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Having a friend in the Kremlin would help Trump fulfill his longtime dream of planting his name in the Moscow skyline - a dream that he pursued even as he organized his presidential campaign.
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'Iron Man' was this fun, poppy thing bound to make a zillion dollars. And we were the other side of a superhero movie. More complex with The Hulk being this complex character - that's what it was.
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When I arrived, I didn't understand London customers perfectly, but we've developed the right style with the right price, and step by step, I'm in harmony with London.
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For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
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My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
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In difficult times, it's important to speak up. We cannot change the past, but we can impact the future.
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There were time when I was into method acting that I did have moments of residual character emotions, because the method bases your emotional responses as a character on emotional experiences from your real life.
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But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.
