William Cobbett Quotes
The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people believe that immense fleets and armies are necessary.
Quotes to Explore
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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When you have girl children, they torture you! If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens. They say, 'Mom, you didn't really wear that?' And I say, 'Yes, and pretty much everyone saw it.'
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.
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Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
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I'm a father and I'm a husband and I care about what's happening on our streets.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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I work better when I'm juggling projects. Nothing worse than watching someone really embrace what they're doing if they love it too much.
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The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free was quite handy. I love them both. I hope I don't have to compromise one for the other.
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I believe whatever smart, ambitious people are working on will be the trend of the future. I do think that it's worth thinking critically about what the future will be.
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The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people believe that immense fleets and armies are necessary.
