Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.
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I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
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Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which a people will question itself during certain periods of its growth.
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I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.
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God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!
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Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.
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If you're able to pay your bills, you pay your bills. It's as simple as that.
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I know that any fan of 'Veronica Mars' is hardcore and loyal, so I give them the time; we spend time talking about it because it warrants that.
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My style hero was' Batman.' Now it's Tony Stark.
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For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer investors the relative safety of diversification.
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The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.
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Noir is a court of human relations, and some crimes are beyond legal restitution.
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When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.
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Well, with a subject like this, I'm afraid I'll have to reply. Apologies to minix-users who have heard enough about linux anyway. I'd like to be able to just 'ignore the bait', but … time for some serious flamefesting!
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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We'll go in blind and, hopefully, won't show them too much respect.
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His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect.
