Edmund Blunden Quotes
Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs, Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.
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The truth is, Hillary Clinton's ideas create more income inequality. Why? Because bigger government creates crony capitalism. When you have a 70,000 page tax code, you've got to be very wealthy, very powerful, very well connected to dig your way through that tax code.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
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When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
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The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
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We've always had anti-Muslim bigots, but they've always been at the fringes of society.
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We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing phenomena. While this isn't easy, as we cultivate the clear seeing and compassion of Radical Acceptance, we discover we can open fully to this natural force, and remain free in its midst.
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In Arab culture, music is for celebration. You don't play music at funerals.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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I have no mouth, and I must scream.
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We Greeks are the blacks of Europe.
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George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he lived his life, decorated his gardens and homes. He was a dear friend of mine. His entire approach to music was very unique.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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My grandmother was fond of painting and playing the piano. She had been given lessons by Emmanuel Chabrier, who used to spend the summer months in nearby Membrolle.
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There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.
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Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs, Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.
