Richard Aldington Quotes
Such shame is not even skin deep. And as to forgetting, surely, you know that is Woman's First and Greatest Art?
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Sometimes, all the interviews, those are the toughest thing for me, but once you really start to do it a lot and start to get used to it, I can find some fun in those parts, too. Because playing golf is the easiest thing for me, and that's something I'm so used to; that's why it was always easy.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
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I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.
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I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.
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When you get into Louisiana, it really is like a different country in a lot of ways. The plants you see are a little different, like the weeping willows and the cypress trees that come up out of the bayou. And it's steamy hot.
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Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask into your bedroom have to be more interesting than those you ask into your living room. I kid you not!
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I think was able to do a lot of things here.
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Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
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'…Just you bloody hypocrites with your four wives and your ten thousand houris in heaven?…'
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I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.
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No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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If the expression of and advocating for your values makes you lose a job or a person, then that person/job sorta just... wasn't your heart's tribe.
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As quoted in ''HEY, YOU CAN JUST MAKE STUFF UP.' Differences between magic and art: None', by Peter Bebergal, The Believer, (2013).
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One of the great joys of my life post-'Friends' has been being approached by Asian women who have told me how much it meant to see an Asian face on their TV screen when they were growing up.
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Such shame is not even skin deep. And as to forgetting, surely, you know that is Woman's First and Greatest Art?
