R.D. Blackmore Quotes
'Curio vult advisari,' as the lawyers say; which means, 'Let us have another glass, and then we can think about it.'
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind.
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It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
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I have always loathed working out.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.
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With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe.
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We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
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Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
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I don't do things that are illegal.
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We all have our own little thing, I think.
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I always feel like I'm an actress.
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I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.
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I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've always exercised. That's all you have to do.
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I don't think it's hypothetical whether or not it's a good idea to topple secular dictators in the Middle East and hope to get a good outcome and hope that stability comes thereafter.
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Alike and Equal are not the same.
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We are not occupying Afghanistan, we are there as guests of a government, at their request.
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If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.
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Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.
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There will be only one standard, the standard of survival at all cost, and it will be up to you to say at what price survival.Hold your head high, and if you are going to go down, go down knowing you have not in any way compromised your soul.
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We have held forums here at the White House on workplace flexibility, and the first major bill signed into law by President Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Lilly was here a few weeks ago because we were trying very hard to push paycheck fairness through the Congress. Unfortunately, we fell two votes short.
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'Curio vult advisari,' as the lawyers say; which means, 'Let us have another glass, and then we can think about it.'
