Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

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• To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.

  

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• Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

  

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• My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.

  

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• You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.

  

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• Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.

  

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• If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

  

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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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• It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

  

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• They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.

  

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• I think this notion that public enterprises do not work and therefore nationalization will be a disaster, I mean, it's not supported by evidence.

  

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• I'm representing the single women out there, dating around, trying to find the right guy who respects you and appreciates you. Maybe I'll settle down somewhere. Gotta keep looking.

  

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• I was raised vegan. My mom would always make quinoa with squash and kale, hippie stuff like that. Now I eat meat, but I try to be conscious about where it's coming from.

  

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• Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.

  

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• By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.

  

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• It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis.

  

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• When I was around nine, my parents took me to my first live event, which was a WWE show with Ultimate Warrior. From then on, I loved it.

  

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• I am working as hard as I possibly can, and do not even dream of doing anything except the cathedral. It is an immense task.

  

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• Be aware of textural elements throughout a party, like silverware, stemware, and linens. But the biggest element is metaphorical: it's your own touch. How are you making people feel?

  

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• Any time I get to go home is a joyous occasion.

  

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• Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.

  

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• There's nothing that annoys me more than people being horrible to my mates.

  

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• We are like people living in a country whose language they know so little that, with all manner of beautiful and profound things to say, they are condemned to the banalities of the conversation manual. Their brain is seething with ideas, and they can only tell you that the umbrella of the gardener's aunt is in the house.

  

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• Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

  

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