Samuel Butler Quotes
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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Of course I get hurt.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again.
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If you think about people's lives, you think about what's significant. And the things I find significant in my life are not the moments when people are yelling at each other. They're the moments when someone says something that is very poignant, but oftentimes not loud.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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I have been challenged with the fictional languages I have to learn. I wasn't terrible at languages at school - I got an A in French, so I did well enough - but I didn't enjoy them. I'm not even sure if that plays into how well you learn a fictional language!
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Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing.
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When it comes to reforming MPs' expenses, the answer is simply to keep it simple: show us receipts as they're claimed and, where there are abuses, enforce the law.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
