William Arnot Quotes
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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I look formidable.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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I love India.
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The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
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From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.
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I like everything that people say. No matter what they say. You gay, you a punk. You got a nice girlfriend, you're ugly, you can't rap, you're the hardest.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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When I step into a character's shoes, I don't judge them. I make a conscious effort not to look from the outside in but look from the inside out, and when you do that it allows you to feel and sense things more, and act and react from a core, you know?
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Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs in society; the old language allows you to keep your sense of 'who you are.' It preserves your identity. With two languages, you have the best of both worlds.
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I think it's important to have as many experiences as possible in life because one day you won't be able to do it anymore.
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If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.
