H. G. Wells Quotes
The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.
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As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that you know it all anyway if you're a coach.
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Being robbed hurts - not physically, but from what it does to your pride.
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But the bravest man among us is afraid of himself.
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I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.
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True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
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The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.
