William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Oh, my young friends, how delightful is the beginning of a love – business, and how undignified, sometimes, the end!
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There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
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I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.
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My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.
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I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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I really miss the Australian lifestyle and being around my friends and family.
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I love to go shopping and see what catches my eye.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.
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When I first heard about Twittering, I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever heard of in my life. It's like the devil: the idea that your personal life is there for everybody.
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A lot of people have the misconception that I decided to become an actor when Lily became famous and have accused me of jumping on her bandwagon. But that's completely untrue.
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It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.
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Oh, my young friends, how delightful is the beginning of a love – business, and how undignified, sometimes, the end!
