Charles Lever (Charles James Lever) Quotes
No matter how skillfully a man play the game of life, there is but one test of his ability--did he win?
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Let me clarify it through the national news agency that I am not joining Aam Aadmi Party. There has been reports that I will be officially joining AAP, but I can assure you that nothing of that sort is happening.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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When I get to work with someone like Prabhu Dheva at the beginning on my career, why would I say no?
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Art class was my thing, but not any other class.
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If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.
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My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
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I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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I am more excited about 'Divinity of Doubt: The God Question' than any other book in my entire career, and I've had seven New York Times bestsellers, three of them reaching number one.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I now understand how varied the world of cultivated rice is; that rice can play the lead or be a sidekick; that brown rice is as valuable as white; and that short-grain rice is the bee's knees.
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So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
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I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company.
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I grew up with reggae music.
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I think 'Dear White People,' the show, is a tremendous artistic achievement. It's always hinting that there is something beyond the pleading and wokeness, something that the show's more militant characters can't see.
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I often feel that with a crime story, the moral standards have to be higher. You're deal with real victims and with real consequences.
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All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for the incomer.
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The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!
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At some point in the next century the number of invented languages will probably overtake the number of surviving natural languages.
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I never wished to be a 'rock star.' I just wanted to be a working musician. My dreams didn't even go past a session player or a working musician. It was too far beyond my dreams.
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No matter how skillfully a man play the game of life, there is but one test of his ability--did he win?
