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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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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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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There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.
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Although wine when it is read somewhat lacks the savour of wine when it is drunk, wine remains a very pleasant thing both to read about and to chat about.
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My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books, where reading was encouraged if not required.
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Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.
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Change is hard because people wear themselves out. And that’s the second surprise about change: What looks like laziness is often exhaustion.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
