H. G. Wells Quotes
They haven't any spirit in them - no proud dreams and no proud lusts; and a man who hasn't one or the other-Lord! What is he but funk and precautions.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.
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I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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This was tough. The Kerry people were determined not to have a leak.
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If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
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Life is good. I've got a apartment that is paid for with rap money. It's good. It's amazing. It's a blessing. I wake up every day and appreciate how much of a blessing this is getting to do this. But it is important to always stay humble, grounded, focused, and maintain that same ambition you had when you had nothing.
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Twelve cities in three days is not a public consultation or proper public process. It is not adequate.
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They haven't any spirit in them - no proud dreams and no proud lusts; and a man who hasn't one or the other-Lord! What is he but funk and precautions.
