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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Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.
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Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.
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Sometimes it's important just to allow myself to feel whatever it is I am feeling and to be okay with it.
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I sat down by a little brook, unpacked my Swiss cheese, and that darn tune popped into my head!
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
