Edmund Morris Quotes
We had no longing for excessive wealth: a mere competency, though earned by daily toil, so that it was reasonably sure, and free from the drag of continued indebtedness to others, was all we coveted.
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
Daisaku Ikeda
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
Olly Murs
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I love my sleep.
Caprice Bourret
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Venus favors the bold.
Ovid
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
Ian Mckellen
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
Ian Rush
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I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.
Ralph Lauren
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Eartha Kitt
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
Halle Berry
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People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
Octavia Spencer
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
Gamaliel Bailey
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I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.
Natalie Cole
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
Yann Martel
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I don't calculate my net worth.
T. S. Kalyanaraman
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I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.
Ace Frehley Kiss
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The people know the salt of the sea and the strength of the winds lashing the corners of the earth. The people take the earth as a tomb of rest and a cradle of hope. Who else speaks for the Family of Man?
Carl Sandburg
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I was madder than a quadriplegic with a stag full of scratch off tickets, I'll tell you what.
Larry the Cable Guy
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Modernization means Westernization.
Camille Paglia
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People from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.
Margaret Thatcher
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Do not think that your crying and complaints can force Jesus to become sentimental and then give Himself out so cheaply.
T. B. Joshua
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While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
Philip Hammond
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He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either.
George Bernard Shaw
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We had no longing for excessive wealth: a mere competency, though earned by daily toil, so that it was reasonably sure, and free from the drag of continued indebtedness to others, was all we coveted.
Edmund Morris