W. S. Gilbert Quotes
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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Cause the boyz in da hood are always hard, Keep fuckin with us and we'll pull yo' card knownin nothin in life but to be legit don't quote me boy cause I aint said shit.
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I've always wanted to work with children, to help people, and to be funny.
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When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
