Susanna Clarke (Susanna Mary Clarke) Quotes
What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.
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I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids!
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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As President Bush just said, a great nation doesn’t shy from the truth. It strengthens us. It emboldens us. It should fortify us.
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So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.
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A tinker’s debt is always paid:Once for any simple trade.Twice for freely given aid.Thrice for any insult made.
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'Weekend Update' can be presented as a full 20-minute sketch, and there's a lot of room there.
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I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.
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The idea of 'Yes on Broadway' has come up. It would reflect the history of Yes.
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We should look for ways to expedite generic drug approvals, particularly for products that have a long history of being safe and effective.
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Spontaneity has its time and its place.
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I am very proud of my service, and by law, I am defined as a combat veteran.
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I love Chicago. I got on a bus and asked the driver, Do you go to the Loop? He said, No, I go beep-beep!
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As long as he's not getting in trouble, let him go out and have fun.
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I love to watch my movies. You have no idea...I would watch my movies like over a hundred times.
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A couple of people are strongly considering running there but have yet to make their final decision. We're pretty confident that we will have a good candidate there.
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Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
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‘Alf Todd,’ said Ukridge, soaring to an impressive burst of imagery, ‘has about as much chance as a one-armed blind man in a dark room trying to shove a pound of melted butter into a wild-cat’s ear with a red-hot needle.’
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I just keep thinking how lucky I am that I haven't had to sacrifice anything.
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What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.
