Samuel Butler Quotes
People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.Samuel Butler
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A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.
Adam Carolla -
Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
J. Philippe Rushton -
I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
Nate Berkus -
It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
Campbell Newman -
My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
Samuel Lover -
I always do my interviews face to face.
Rachel Weisz
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
Natasha Richardson -
Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
Park Chan-wook -
I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
Larry Brown -
I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. -
Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality had become a central concern, and hostesses, like peacocks displaying their iridescent plumage, tried to outdo one another with their creative food displays.
Kate Christensen -
I like excess. And giant M&M's.
Ira Glass
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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.
Vince Lombardi -
Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
Vicki Lawrence -
It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share of false certainty or dogmatism. I'm really concerned when I see people pretending to know things they clearly cannot know.
Sam Harris -
Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
Ira Sachs -
I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
Karlheinz Stockhausen -
I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things.
Naomi Scott
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
Jack Reed -
One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
Peace Pilgrim -
Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.
Don Miguel Ruiz -
I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
Zoe Wanamaker -
I never think of myself as a big star. Getting good scripts is all I think about. I don't have a godfather or anyone to take care of me. To move forward, I have to be very careful in choosing the right scripts, the right director, and the right technicians.
Nivin Pauly -
People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
Samuel Butler