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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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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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
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Braising eggs in a flavoursome, aromatic sauce is all the rage. It is warming and comforting, ideal for the morning when you are not normally up for a great culinary challenge.
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The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.
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The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?' And then do it.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
