Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) Quotes
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
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When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book.
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I'm a typical California boy.
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The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.
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I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong.
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I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them.
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We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another.
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I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
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I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us, how to realize our own onenes with God also, so he's a precursor.
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You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.
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I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not.
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My Brother went to collegeTo become a doctorAnd if he studies hard enoughHe'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.
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I am not religious in the dogmatic sense … I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.
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People have to respect intellectual property.
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When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.
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Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits.
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Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup.
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Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.
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Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.
