Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
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February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.
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I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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Tishlin’s dubious look indicated he wasn’t totally convinced this phrase contributed enormously to the information-carrying capacity of the language.
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If there is one quality that I find is more essential to a successful and happy life than any other, it is empathy. It is at the core of family stability and love. I’ve never had a couple come to me and say, 'I want a divorce; my partner understands me.'
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Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.1
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In my mind, I am extraordinarily handy. But what that means is when I attempt to fix something, there's usually a five-minute period of experimentation, followed by a five-minute period of frustration, followed by a frantic phone call to a professional.
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We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.
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I'd love to play Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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The world is very different today than it was in 1968.
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My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.
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An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.
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And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.
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I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
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Language is magic: it makes things appear and disappear.
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Furthermore, the financial and social investment in prisons means that black and brown youth become, essentially, fodder for the machinery of capitalized incarceration. The steady supply of guns in the U.S. makes an already untenable situation even more dangerous, and all of us must raise our voices, write to Congress, hit the streets in protest, attend budget meetings of local municipalities - all to state our opposition to such criminal procedures and practices for our youth.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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Character is the salesperson's stock in trade. The product itself is secondary. Truthfulness, enthusiasm and patience are great assets to every salesperson. Without them, they couldn't go far. Courage and courtesy are essential equipment.
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The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
