Evelyn Waugh Quotes
I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign. Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.
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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them.
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I am fortunate to have only worn one shirt in my career. It is something that is fundamental to me. It is something I have always wanted: to be one of these few who wear only one shirt - a fan and a player of the same team.
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We must not allow the horrific actions of madmen to cut us off from our humanity.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.
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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.
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It's interesting when you wind up distilling all your ambitions and your goals and dreams into one single person. It's giving that person a lot of power.
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He that is rich is wise.
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There was a major restoration programme initiated by Lord Curzon. His efforts at the Taj Mahal have had a mixed reception. They are often judged to be largely benign, and they even received complimentary accolades from Jawaharlal Nehru. Post-colonial critics of the Raj have predictably been less willing to exonerate this exemplar of aristocracy.
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I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer.
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The kind of energy I attract is very calm.
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You're only as big as your last hit.
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My motto is to help people love themselves sooner. I can't teach them how to do that. They have to figure that out on their own - that's their journey.
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I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.
