H. G. Wells Quotes
There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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I love to have fun and goof around and be silly, so anybody who can also do that is good for me.
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On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.
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Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.
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I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.
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The Internet's proven to be a pretty big deal for global society, and Bitcoin could basically be thought of as the Internet, applied to money.
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My father was so very afraid. I felt it in the sting of his black leather belt, which he applied with more anxiety than anger, my father who beat me as if someone might steal me away, because that was exactly what was happening all around us.
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'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just saw it!'
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Love has had a lot of press-agenting from the oldest times; but there are higher, nobler things than love.
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I felt that the murderer was in the room. Sitting with us - listening. one of us
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In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid.
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It's not as simple as that. Knowledge is necessary, too. An intuitive child couldn't accomplish anything without some knowledge. There will come a point in everyone's life, however, where only intuition can make the leap ahead, without ever knowing precisely how. One can never know why, but one must accept intuition as a fact.
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Humans should not worship other humans at all, but if they must do so it is better that the worshipped ones do not occupy any positions of political power.
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A wonderful discovery, psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.
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Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said the muse deserted him. And when I read that, it really had a profound effect upon me, sort of scared me. So that's why I think I have no right to assume that some thought is going to come... But I think, in my imagination, if it is it, there will probably be something else I'm interested in.
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In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.
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Take some initiative and snap outside of passivity; consistent small actions have impact.
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There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken.
