H. G. Wells Quotes
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it 'Heaven and Hell' right from the beginning. Because you listen to that 'Heaven and Hell' album, that doesn't sound anything close to Black Sabbath.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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You cannot have adoration without being criticized.
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When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was decent money in 1976. But the job turned sour when I gave myself an electric shock while repairing a television set.
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The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!
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A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.
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Based on 30 years of experience with the Iranians, they will give you 100 words. Trust only one of the 100.
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Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.
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I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.
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I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.
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Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.
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Finding pleasure in revision is the thing I would most strongly advise to people. It's not something I did as a younger writer; I learned it over time.
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The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.
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A house full of new furniture doesn't mean a whole lot.
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I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is 'beat the heat.' It's always July under the lights.
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Rowena: You’ve got the subtlety of a bullfrog.
