Evan Esar Quotes
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
Walter Savage Landor
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
K. Eric Drexler
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There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time.
Wanda Jackson
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
Ramakrishna
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I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.
Mara Wilson
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I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face.
Jackson Rathbone
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The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.
Ted Baillieu
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The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants.
Wendell Berry
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Estimates are that in 2012, more than 32 million books were available - the explosion, thanks to the ease of self-publishing; 2013 could see even more titles grace our virtual bookstores! That means we are going to be awash in covers and titles, plot descriptions and characters.
M. J. Rose
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A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.
Oliver Kahn
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Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes;They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.
Edward Young
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I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives.
Jay Parini
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I run in London, in San Francisco - any city that's got a waterfront or park.
Danny Meyer
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There were days when I was on the last $10 in my account, and I was freaking out about paying rent or buying groceries. Then you book a commercial, and you're good for another three months.
Colin Egglesfield
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I was the only kids to have Sony Umatic tapes of the old 'Star Wars.' It was such an old technology; you needed two or three tapes to show one movie, so the kids used to come over to my house, and we would watch 'Star Wars.'
Duncan Jones
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In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.
Danny McBride
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The combination of a brand like Cartier and the immense heritage that India holds can go places.
Mark Shand
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When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.
Alexis Arguello
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The editors of the Blaue Reiter will now be the starting point for new exhibitions.. .We will try to become the center of the new movement. The association may assume there the role of the new (Scholle).
Franz Marc
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When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things.
Frances Beinecke
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
Venus Williams
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There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.
Peter Hain
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It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.
Barack Obama
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Worry makes people thin, except when they worry about being fat.
Evan Esar