Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that!
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[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.
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Okay, this was kissing. Serious kissing. Not just a kiss before moving out, not a good-bye, this was Hello, sexy, and wow, she’d never even suspected that it could feel this way.
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My backhand is definitely a lot more solid and consistent. There were times when I couldn't hit it into the ocean.
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Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
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Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.
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The tattoo has a profound meaning: the superficiality of modern man's existence.
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They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men down with the statement that you have troubles of your own.
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Mourn not for the vanished ages with their grand, heroic men, who dwell in history's pages and live in the poets pen for the grandest times are before us and the world is yet to see the noblest work of this old earth in the men that are to be.
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There's not a man in here that doesn't realize that Johnny makes us go. He's the catalyst.
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Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
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When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."
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The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
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I really like to absorb the project and watch it and work on the music a lot and just get the feel for it until eventually a moment comes where I know I've got it. A lot of it is trial and error. Some days a piece of music doesn't work then other day another piece of music finally says something and works with the picture and suddenly casts a light on all the other stuff you've done - probably because my mind is getting to understand it and the piece is educating me. I always feel like the score is in there already somewhere and I just have to channel it and accent it.
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Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him.
