Caryll Houselander Quotes
Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I would put myself towards left of center.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
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When I was around nine, my parents took me to my first live event, which was a WWE show with Ultimate Warrior. From then on, I loved it.
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So if I said I never did drugs, that would mean I lie and get fucked more than the president does!
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By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
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Back in the day, if someone said that hip hop and rap was a fad, that was a joke to me because they just didn't know what they were talking about. In reality, there were so many people who didn't know what they were talking about it.
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I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality and energy and interest.
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I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life.
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I think everyone born in Oregon is an environmentalist by birth.
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A few years back, when my style was 'punk grandma,' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I've given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more '1980s substitute teacher gone wild.'
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It's our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.
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My family barbecued a lot; good barbecue is more complicated than you think.
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Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves.
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I think that mind-sets are changing in the Middle East. Poll after poll is showing that men see the value of greater female participation and empowerment. We still have a long way to go, but Islam should not be used as a scapegoat. The obstacles that face women today are more cultural. It's not about the religion.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down.
