Samuel Butler Quotes
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.Samuel Butler
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
Ingrid Newkirk -
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason -
Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
T. D. Jakes -
I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
Barbara Kruger -
My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
Hansika Motwani -
I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
Youssou N'Dour -
Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
Saina Nehwal -
I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
Natasha Little -
Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
Iman -
It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
Carice van Houten
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
Naftali Bennett -
I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
Jack Gilbert -
Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
Najib Razak -
In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
Kage Baker -
Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
Karl Liebknecht -
It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
Rachel Stevens
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My roommate and my boyfriend, they both know I am compulsive and controlling.
Christina Ricci -
I am a simple man, though my wife says I am complicated. I'll trust her on that one.
Adam West -
I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human life.
John Hodgman -
I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they're usually somebody's. You know, I'm not wearing Kmart.
Ellen DeGeneres -
Sometimes you get the rap of, 'Don't always play hard,' or, 'Just doing it for the money.' But there are guys that genuinely love the game of basketball and are always playing it and are always out there. There are guys that work hard and actually understand the game and are very knowledgeable off the court as well.
Blake Griffin -
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
Samuel Butler