Samuel Butler Quotes
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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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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Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.
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I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.
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Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would get.
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I'd done an EP, and nothing came from that, and I didn't know where to go from there.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
