Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Is not cant the materia prima of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations, body themselves, from which no true thing can come? For cant is itself the properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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The ideal would be to have a career like Meryl Streep's or Kate Winslet's. It's just unbelievable how they manage to make such incredible choices one after the other. If you could have a career anything like that, then that would be a great thing.
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What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
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If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.'
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The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel.
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It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.
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That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.
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Being described as a stupid bureaucrat with no link to representative democracy is difficult to take.
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Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am - my friends get round me - we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories - and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I’ve been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.
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Is not cant the materia prima of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations, body themselves, from which no true thing can come? For cant is itself the properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie.
