W. S. Gilbert Quotes
When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.W. S. Gilbert
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
Gary Burghoff -
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
Salman Rushdie -
Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan -
I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
Madison Pettis -
I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
Vanilla Ice
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
Gary L. Francione -
I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
Hannah Simone -
Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
Uma Thurman -
I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
Haley Bennett -
In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
Daniel Boone
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
Ian McShane -
'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
Mahesh Babu -
There are those who seem to feel they have no choice about being jerks in the present because they had a crappy childhood. Well, that's the definition of childhood; nobody gets out alive. You either get stronger from what you experience, or you turn it into a crutch, an excuse, a dodge.
J. Michael Straczynski -
There are no second acts in American lives.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
Iain McGilchrist -
I don't have any regrets at all.
Carlene Carter
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I've been around racing a fairly long time, but when it comes to the important issues, I'm happy to let others make the big decisions.
Mats Sundin -
I'm not a person that socializes very well.
Paulo Coelho -
I think a lot of people have an idea of virtual reality from science fiction, books and movies that have been out over the last couple of decades.
Brendan Iribe -
A lot of people that I started out with, I don't know where they are. I guess it takes tenacity to still be doing this, and luck, but I've been very blessed.
Dennis Quaid -
People say women shouldn't have long hair over a certain age, but I've never done what everyone says.
Jane Seymour -
When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.
W. S. Gilbert