H. G. Wells Quotes
He had developed in the most wonderful way the distinctive silliness of man without losing one jot of the natural folly of a monkey.
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I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.
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As a female there aren't too many characters that are very empowering, and there's something very empowering about Lara Croft. She kicks butt and she does it in style. She's confident and she's educated.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.
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Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.
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I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason.
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The only thing that makes change possible is the idea of developing some kind of institution, because the institutions will survive individuals.
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Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.
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Rents once sais, thirs nothin like a darker skin tone tae increase the vigilance ay the police n the magistrates: too right.
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It's so much fun that the money is just icing on the cake. There seems to be a lot of icing.
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If David Duke got the percentage of the vote that Le Pen got, we would be terrified, as well we should be.
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Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
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The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing a real strategy that integrates women - but clearly he is baffled as to how to do it.
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Lo! sweeten'd with the summer light, The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow, Drops in a silent autumn night. All its allotted length of days The flower ripens in its place, Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil, Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.
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He had developed in the most wonderful way the distinctive silliness of man without losing one jot of the natural folly of a monkey.
