Samuel Butler Quotes
When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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It is very difficult to be taken seriously when you're introduced at a party to somebody as the fourth Mrs. Rex Harrison.
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Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.
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I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.
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Oh! to be a child again. My only treasures, bits of shell and stone and glass. To love nothing but maple sugar. To fear nothing but a big dog. To go to sleep without dreading the morrow. To wake up with a shout. Not to have seen a dead face. Not to dread a living one. To be able to believe.
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When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
