Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Not only was Thebes built by the music of an Orpheus; but without the music of some inspired Orpheus was no city ever built, no work that man glories in ever done.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
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I was a very rotund child with short hair, and for some reason, I always had black ballet shoes. I was like the Wednesday Addams of ballet.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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Overwhelmed by the miraculous potentialities of the machine, our human greed has interfered with the biological cycle of human companionship which keeps the life of a community healthy.
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Most women I know love the idea of fashion, but the practicalities that go with it are just distressing.
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I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It's a conscious thing; it's a common-sense thing.
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
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Obviously, as a marketer, I love to work with brands that aren't static, that have life and personality.
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I managed to fit most of the writing to evenings and weekends, and my wife has been very supportive.
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On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.
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Not only was Thebes built by the music of an Orpheus; but without the music of some inspired Orpheus was no city ever built, no work that man glories in ever done.
