W. S. Gilbert Quotes
Oh, don't the days seem lank and long When all goes right and nothing goes wrong, And isn't your life extremely flat With nothing whatever to grumble at!
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I never ever paid attention to any election.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I love playing odd roles.
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I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.
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When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.
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The attitude of the business community towards investment in Austria and Germany has always been positive, as both the countries have earned their reputation as countries with a consistent economic environment.
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The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours.
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Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most.
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At any moment the decision you make can change the course of your life forever.
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Oh, don't the days seem lank and long When all goes right and nothing goes wrong, And isn't your life extremely flat With nothing whatever to grumble at!
