Apsley Cherry-Garrard Quotes

The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little real intellect. Consequently, when the pony was faced with conditions different from those to which he was accustomed, he showed little adaptability.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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• Adaptability

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  A. C. Benson
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• There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

  

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• I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
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• I think from an actor's point of view, you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice. And of course, the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death.

  

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• I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.

  

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• Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner.

  

  Gail Collins
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• Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.

  

  Saint Ignatius
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• Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.

  

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• You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination.

  

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• 'The fellow with a face rather like a walnut.'

  

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• Your prudence, my wise friend, allows too little room for the mysterious whisperings of life.

  

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• I've been a runner a long time. When I first got into it, I started doing small triathlons in Chicago, and I just did it to get in shape. When I got out of college, I put on a few pounds like everybody does. I did it when I was in my early 20s, but I never really did any long runs.

  

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  • Time
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• All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

  

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• I called my mom sobbing when Birdie was a few months old and said, 'I'm sorry. All this time, I had no idea how much you loved me.'

  

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• For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

  

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• Everybody has the right to speak up in a democracy. We would be in trouble as a society if there wasn't a constant pressure to make reforms and to be just. Sometimes as prime minister, when i was caught up in a really loud demonstration, I used to say to myself that I deserved it because of all the demonstrations I myself had organized as a student against Duplessis.

  

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• I've always been a writer, actually. Not many people assume that, but I kinda keep quiet about anything that I do until I'm ready to show it. It keeps me humble and also makes me work towards a goal.

  

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• The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little real intellect. Consequently, when the pony was faced with conditions different from those to which he was accustomed, he showed little adaptability.

  

  Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  • Horse
  • Conditions
  • Intellect