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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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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I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life.
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As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism.
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I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics.
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On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.
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The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself.
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I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.
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I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.
