Wilkie Collins Quotes
I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
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I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.
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In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule.
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What emotions would we experience if we weren't working ourselves to death? What wishes drive us? What fantasies hitch themselves to our continual busyness? Only when we step away from our frenzy can we know.
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Africa touches me. At night, there's this thought in your brain that a million years ago we started here.
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I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.
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I always just loved women, but more important than loving women, more important than sexual stuff, is I always believed in romance.
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The truth is that I am in love with Dublin. I think it is the most beautiful town that I have ever seen, mountains at the back and the sea in front, and long roads winding through decaying suburbs and beautiful woods.
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I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.
