Samuel Butler Quotes
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I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.
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I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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I just couldn't live without dogs.
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I don't have anyone's number; I just Facebook them.
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I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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I just roll with the punches.
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Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
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Money just draws flies.
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My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.
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I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I'm not making films just to be bold.
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Ultimately, no one can extract from things, books included, more than he already knows.
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I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. He's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. The things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and I think - this is Morgan Freeman's personal thought - we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the fence scare me.
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Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.
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I'm a huge gamer. I play a lot of games, and I play one game until I'm really, really good at it.
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Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
