H. G. Wells Quotes
Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.
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I like a good mattress, first of all. I have a Hestia bed, and it's the best mattress in the world. I like it pretty cold because I can't sleep when it's really hot.
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The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans.
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Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind. Their amazing variety is a constant delight. I do not believe that I am alone in this - a fascination with words is shared by people in all countries and all walks of life.
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Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich.
