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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Our intellect does not draw its laws from nature, but it imposes its laws upon nature.
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In past wars only homes burnt, but this time Don't be surprised if even loneliness ignites. In past wars only bodys burnt, but this time Don't be surprised if even shadows ignite.
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I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home towns; and just as the Apostle Paul left his little village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to practically every hamlet and city of the Graeco-Roman world, I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular home town. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.
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One's roused by this, another finds that fit: Each loves the play for what he brings to it.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him.
