Tom Holt (K. J. Parker) Quotes
There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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I love creative people.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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The chances of Israeli science competing with big American science are small. For almost 15 years, we had no competition.
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In the past, there hasn't been much reliable information about startups and small businesses available online. It's information that's really valuable, and it's information that people want to share.
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I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.
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My job is to inspire the people, to be on top of my game and push my culture forward.
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The final lines are not mine: they come from an experiment on soft matter, after Boudin… An English translation might run like this:
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Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.
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Some mentors are more challenging than others.
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There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.
