H. G. Wells Quotes
Very much indeed of what we call moral education is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and suppressed sexuality into religious emotion.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep... Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their education.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
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We have let rhetoric do the job of poetry.
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To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.
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Membership in the closed society of the motion-picture industry is almost never revoked for moral failings.
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I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.
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Very much indeed of what we call moral education is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and suppressed sexuality into religious emotion.
