Wilkie Collins Quotes
I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.
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We provide business advice and guidance. We started it here in India first, and now we have taken it globally. India was the first for startup incubation in the world for us.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule.
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Grow up. Grow up. Time to grow up. You’re here now. We’re working on physics here, not religion. Drop the mysticism and grow up.
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The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight...and smell, for here there were thousands of printed books, many very old indeed, and nothing smells quite as wonderful as old books.
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We are not going to welcome any more people. Stop - we are full up!
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I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.
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Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.
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The West sees Iran as an important force in the gulf.
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Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status.
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I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.
