William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.
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As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families.
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I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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I am always thinking about writing music; my wife is constantly asking me: 'Is there any way you can turn off the music part of your brain for a minute?' but I really can't! It's my form of therapy.
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The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
