H. Rider Haggard Quotes

I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.

H. Rider Haggard

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• I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.

  

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• I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

  

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• Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

  

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• American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.

  

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• Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

  

  T. S. Eliot
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• I think what we've been able to do with 'Longmire' is balance this procedural with a bit of a soap opera, and it's a character study of this character, Walt Longmire, and the people around him.

  

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• I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.

  

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• The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.

  

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• In the silence, hear what can't be heard.

  

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• In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.

  

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• Some magicians are rich, some are famous, some are stupidly good-looking.' Jamie gave Nick a rather complicated look. Nick raised an eyebrow. 'Some of us manage to be stupidly good-looking on our own.

  

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• I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.

  

  H. Rider Haggard
  • Die
  • Rest
  • Religious