Samuel Butler Quotes
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself.
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This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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It sounds super cliche, but my sister is 12 years younger than me, and I remember when I was there holding her in my arms for the first time. And that kind of responsibility you feel when you hold a child in your arms.
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Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.
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Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
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You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.
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The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
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I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.
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Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
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You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.
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Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
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I'd gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear.
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The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.
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The first show I ever played was the International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, Washington. It was girl night, and I was in Heavens To Betsy. I had just turned 18.
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Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here.
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History offers examples of winning in diplomacy after losing in war.
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A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
