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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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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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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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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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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'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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With every project, there are things that surprise you with the meaning they take on as you start to use them.
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Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.
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Jeremy Corbyn confuses the public because he looks like a librarian and enjoys baking bread.
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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
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One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.
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I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.
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Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television.
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When I dream, I dream big.
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In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.
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In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.
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Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
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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.
