William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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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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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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I think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.
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I'm from working-class, blue-collar America, and I don't believe that people in that socioeconomic strata wait until they're 40 to have children.
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Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.
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If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.
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I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before.
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If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
