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.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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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.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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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.
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If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!
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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.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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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.
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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.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
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Executives are waking up to realize that they can do a lot better, save money, make better decisions if they optimize and start thinking geographically and have a location strategy.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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I can do only one thing, like a little dog follow closely the Master's footsteps. Pray that I be a cheerful dog.
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Global inequality is such an abstract concept, simply because there is no global government. Telling people in rich countries who have had no increase in real incomes, stagnant median wages and so on, that on the other hand global inequality is going down because people who are much poorer than them are getting richer - it's something that maybe they would like in an abstract sense, because everyone is happy there are fewer poor Chinese, but you may not be as happy if these Chinese are taking your job.
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Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
