Eustace Budgell Quotes
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom.
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Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
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I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.
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I never complain. I chose the road of fighting with the Ukrainian oligarchy in 1996, and have paid for this with my freedom and that of my husband, my father and my close friends.
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It takes intelligence and training, self-discipline and fine-sensibility, to gain renewed life through leisure occupation. America now suffers spiritual poverty, and art must become more fully American life before her leisure can become culture.
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A tinker’s debt is always paid:Once for any simple trade.Twice for freely given aid.Thrice for any insult made.
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The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.
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The fantasy genre is so in at the moment. Viewers want to escape from their lives and watch something that is so separate from their everyday existence. People have always wanted to escape their lives - that's why they go to movies and the theatre.
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I'm not going to be boxing forever, but I've put no time-cap on it, really.
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I grew up watching movies and being amazed at the animatronics you'd see in stuff like 'The Dark Crystal,' and all those kinds of movies. So, I'm always enthralled with how they can make it all work, behind the scenes, with the visual effects.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it's a very similar skillset.
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Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
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You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart.
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This is a historic visit full of love and brotherhood that sends the message that Iraq and Iran are now having the best relationship.
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Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.
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For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life.
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I mean, in the campaign of '24 and in '28 and '32, you know, Eleanor Roosevelt insists that women have equal floor space. And this is a great victory over time. Then she wants women represented in equal numbers as men. And she wants the women to name the delegates. And the men want to name the delegates. Well, Eleanor is absolutely furious. And because they don't want her to walk away in 1924, she wins. And this is a great political victory. She has floor space equal to the men, and she has the right to name the women.
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When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.
