Samuel Butler Quotes

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

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• Snobbery just inhibits you.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • You
  • Just
  • Snobbery

• All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Family
  • Dream
  • Los Angeles

• As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • Like
  • Something
  • Project

• I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • People
  • Play
  • Enjoy

• I made all my generals out of mud.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Made
  • Mud
  • Generals

• There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.

  

  Barry McGuire
  • Song
  • Travel
  • Monster

• Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.

  

  A. R. Ammons
  • Time
  • Health
  • Day

• I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • Up
  • Live

• I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Different
  • Development
  • Percent

• All men begin their learning with Homer.

  

  Xenophanes
  • Men
  • Learning
  • Begin

• I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Dream
  • Lost
  • Fight

• If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • High
  • Practice
  • Walking

• I did feel pressure to look a certain way on 'Hollyoaks.' But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy.

  

  Hannah Tointon
  • Mind
  • Strong
  • Myself

• Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.

  

  Rachel Perry
  • Up
  • Book
  • Paris

• I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Work
  • Great
  • Mother

• Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Know

• My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.

  

  Hannah Ware
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Become

• I remember starting out and covering songs.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Remember
  • Songs
  • Starting

• Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.

  

  Patrick J. Adams
  • Time
  • Long
  • School

• I speak French, German, English, and Dutch, and I can say a few words in Spanish - none of these languages have anything to do with Valyrian.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Words
  • English
  • Speak

• If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.

  

  Calvin Peete
  • Golf
  • Jewelry
  • Sugar

• Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Children
  • Future
  • Responsibility

• I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Down
  • Train
  • Places

• Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

  

  Samuel Butler
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