Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett) Quotes
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.
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I live in a little suburb close to Kansas City called Prairie Village, where there's a feeling of everybody knowing everybody else. I think the same thing is true of New York City, by the way.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.
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If anyone can put together a plan that is demonstrably better than the improvements we've made to our health care system and that covers as many people at less cost, I will publicly support it.
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Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way,And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say.Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend:You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend.
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The town’s lack of special quirks was almost a peculiarity in itself.
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I have sometimes thought that all professional lectures on rationality should be delivered while wearing a clown suit, to prevent the audience from confusing seriousness with solemnity.
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We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
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Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know.
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I do think there was an age of television back in the '90s that was a little bit more wholesome.
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My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.
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When you have a lot of opportunities, which I am blessed to have had in terms of my work, you get into the habit of not paying attention to certain specifics. And as we get busy, anything we do is the same thing.
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When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
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With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.
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The beauty is, while you're working on chipping, you're also working on driving. This is because the bottoms of both swings - the area around impact - are identical.
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I always compare myself to what I did last, so I've got to try and beat what I did last. I'm always upping my own bar.
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Helvidius has shown himself too ignorant, in saying that Mary had several sons, because mention is made in some passages of the brothers of Christ.
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As hundreds of millions of Chinese have improved their standard of living, this has put enormous pressure on natural resources, raw materials, and food basics, among others.
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Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.
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Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.
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To the valiant actions speak alone.
