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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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode: Though the storm do beat down on my poll, There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road, An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul.
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I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto. One of my closest friends is a composer, Paul Moravec, and a few years ago, Paul and I were at lunch, and I said to him, "you really have to write an opera." So, he says very casually to me, "I'll do it if you write the libretto." Well, little did I know that the within a couple of years we would end up getting a commission from the Santa Fe Opera to write an opera together, "The Letter," which turned out to be the most successful commissioned opera in the history of the Santa Fe Opera.
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The secret is that I am Italian.
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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.'
