Edmund Morris Quotes
Somewhere between six one evening and eight-thirty next morning, beside his dressing and his dinner and his guests and his sleep, he had read a volume of three-hundred-and-odd pages.
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V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
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My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
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It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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I'm saying, Come on, the global warming thing? How did the ice melt during the ice ages? Was the dinosaurs driving SUVs around back then?
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The 1920s and 1930s were a period of sensational productivity growth: new products were springing up all over the place, and most of those new products and new methods were developed by people who started their own companies.
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To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
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I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.
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The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
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'It would please me your not being obsequious. That is a trait of marketplace people who are selling shoddy goods. I am sure to prefer endless, stupid questions to that.''Ob...obseek...?''Obsequious. Flattering with oiliness. It is not liked by me. In Yiqanuc we say: ‘Send the man with the oily tongue to go and lick the snowshoes.’'
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'God' said the Ghost, glancing around the landscape.
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'Me, I am convinced it is the truth,' said M. Bouc, becoming more and more enamoured of his theory.
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The sand as white as old bones, the pine trees strangely red where the sun comes down. I cannot say if it is our love, or the day, that is ending.
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I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction.
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I started writing because I wasn't getting things as an actor.
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Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.
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What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is this archetypal tough guy and find the beauty?
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You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.
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We end up producing the opposite of what we intended, and turn our children into unpopular, isolated adults.
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Somewhere between six one evening and eight-thirty next morning, beside his dressing and his dinner and his guests and his sleep, he had read a volume of three-hundred-and-odd pages.
