William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody
Quotes to Explore
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
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Today's numbers are not good news, and I think it's a clear reflection that the attacks of Sept. 11 are still reverberating around our economy. I think it's really important that the U.S. Senate begin to act on the president's economic security package.
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I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.
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I agree with the British Legion that we have a responsibility to support our troops and support their families, particularly when we are asking people to do very difficult and dangerous things for our security.
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'They enjoy their show of might,' Adam said. 'These people have to express their unhappiness by using ugly things like guns and ill-fitting uniforms, and the whole conception of the camp.'
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it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody
