Samuel Butler Quotes
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
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I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.
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I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap.
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I started in business journalism from the outside, so when I started writing about markets and business, I was struck by the fact that markets seemed to work well even though people are often irrational, lack good information and are not perfect in the way they think about decisions.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, 'cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
