William Congreve Quotes
There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
Quotes to Explore
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Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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Part of me feels you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real - because it lasted.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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I think entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to think of how to make things more understandable, simple and beautiful.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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You do have to learn how to wear a kilt, and it's certainly very liberating and very freeing, but surprisingly very comfortable to wear, to ride a horse in a kilt. I was surprised by that.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I'm a typical California boy.
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I'm not an ardent feminist - well, maybe I am an ardent feminist. I just roll my eyes at the way women are constantly used and how sensitive men are about photographs of themselves.
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When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.
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Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light.
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I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.
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Nelson '...People are crazy. At times when I'm with clients I can't see the difference between them and me, except for the structure we're all in. I get paid, a little, and they get taken care of, a little.'
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It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new earth.
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While pride sometimes instills courage and perseverance in the pursuit of hazardous enterprises, it is always an evil counsellor in determining whether a proposed objective is expedient or not.
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There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
