W. S. Gilbert Quotes
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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I was an English major in college!
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
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For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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I've been to Israel many times - I've lost count of how many times.
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As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else.
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I study my fans all the time, and what I learn from them will definitely be reflected in my future work.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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It seems to me now, if I was to find Father at home to-night, I should behave different; but there's no knowing - perhaps nothing 'ud be a lesson to us if it didn't come too late.
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I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.
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I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.
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Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
