Evelyn Waugh Quotes
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them...
Quotes to Explore
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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People forget I go to work. They forget that the Coleridge house was bought and paid for by the daughter of a travel agent and a barmaid from what the actor Richard Burton once described as the nightmarish 'featureless suburb' of Croydon.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
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It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.
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I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.
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Democracy is not about one party dominating.
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I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation, and usually, when you're watching things, you're not speaking. That sort of metastasized in a way that I began to participate less and less in the world.
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πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἐχῖνος δ'ἓν μέγα
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He who perceives death perceives a sense of the human comedy, and quickly becomes a poet.
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Marriage is tough. I can tell my wife all day long that I love her, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't show that.
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I love doing my own thing, and I won't let anything get in my way.
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I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
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Hamdan Sports Complex is an amazing venue, and I think all the players will love it.
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The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.
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Be - fight - feel the pain - and love the wounds!
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I used to experiment all the time with my hair color.
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I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.
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We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.
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Science is the most complete presentment of facts with the least expenditure of thought.
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We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them...
