Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes
The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.
Hector Hugh Munro
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
Frances Beinecke
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
Salman Rushdie
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We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
Warren Christopher
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One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
Antonio Banderas
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
Ben Harper
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I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the cycle of our lives, we’re born, we have eyes, we have music.
Ziggy Marley
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I like to call someone a raving c**t every now and then, when it’s appropriate, for effect (...) ‘You cocksucker.’ I love that kind of language.
Andrew Breitbart
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I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
Andrew Cuomo
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This acquisition highlights Goldman Sachs' strategy of expanding our electronic market-making capabilities.
Henry Paulson
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Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.
Alice Duer Miller
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Who imagined that what I said upon my departure from Beirut would become a reality, when I said the volcano and typhoon which started in Beirut will not stop.
Yasser Arafat
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A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.
Brian Tracy
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The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.
Brian Tracy
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Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women - that were specifically just about existing and weren't necessarily racialized or were centered around race.
Amandla Stenberg
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It wasn't the intention to do something important, or to even relate about social issues. The ground is so fertile in the justice world, dealing with the death penalty and the Innocence Project, for characters that have a moral ambiguity, which we were both attracted to. It's the idea that everybody has their reasons. Whatever their actions are, whether you agree with them or not, you can understand why they're feeling that way, in terms of racism or even the death penalty.
Richard LaGravenese
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
Ion Tiriac
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Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression.
Isobelle Carmody
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I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I wanted to work with people that I respected and liked.
Josh Lawson
