Flann O'Brien Quotes
I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.
Flann O'Brien
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
Jack Keane
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
Yves Chauvin
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
Mara Liasson
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
Floyd Skloot
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
Iris Johansen
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
Vikas Swarup
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
Magnus Scheving
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
Patrice Leconte
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What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?
Orson F. Whitney
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
Wendy O. Williams
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Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
Lara St. John
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There is a real problem with the lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world, a little bit. It gives a certain social distance with your world.
Djimon Hounsou
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Anderson [Cooper]first of all, in case anybody's wondering because they'll somehow read my mind after this broadcast ... I find those comments to be disgusting and reprehensible, and I'm really glad that he apologized.
Anderson Cooper
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And in his hand a sickle he did holde, To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.
Edmund Spenser
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The question I am most often asked is how do I find my ideas? The answer is I don't. Ideas find me. A character in history will suddenly step right out of the past and demand a book. Generally, people don't bother to speak to me unless there's a good chance that I'll take them on.
Jean Fritz
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I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.
Flann O'Brien
