William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.
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Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.
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If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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Being innovative in your philanthropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe.
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I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.
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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
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I am definitely still the same kid that I was picking up the guitar at 15. But, I have definitely learned to be more flexible and roll with the punches. It's such an unpredictable business to be in and it's insane how things change so last minute.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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They hate whom they fear.
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I think they (U.S. Congress) hurt our relationships with people that we are trying to get communication and coordination from.
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I've fallen prey to my fair share of moments of the phobias of others and the way that that can become an attack.
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Our challenge is much more pervasive than it would be if we were just facing one enemy in one place. Instead there is the Middle East, Iraq, North Korea, Iran. There's a relatively long list that we believe are linked to the al Qaeda network in the Philippines, in Indonesia and in Yemen and other places. That makes it very clear that this is a global network.
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If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
