H. Rider Haggard Quotes
It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption.

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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
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If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.
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Remember that you are this universe and that this universe is you.
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It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption.