Malcolm Muggeridge Quotes
In the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon.
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I'm very self-critical.
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Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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There is strong shadow where there is much light.
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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.
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Suicide is the most private and mysterious of acts, inexplicable because the chief actor is never there to explain it.
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Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.
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If our lives are truly plans of God, someone had better call a meeting soon to remind us, once more, what great miracles we really are.
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In the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon.
