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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Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.'
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The sanctions have nothing to do with our relations with China, because our relations with the People's Republic of China are at an unprecedented high both in terms of their level and substance. They are what we call "a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation".
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A nation cannot be truly great without a moral compass.
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So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the sucess of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution. In reality, when you have once devoted your life to your enterprises, you are no longer the equal of other men, or, rather, other men are no longer your equals, and whosoever has taken this resolution, feels his strength and resources doubled.
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I've been told so many times that I should go to the gym to get my anxiety and frustration out. But it just makes me feel pure, concentrated dread.
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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.
