Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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I think the reason why people have trouble fighting me is because I don't come from a specific background, and they can't prepare to fight me. I come in, and I push the pace, and I think that pushes a lot of people off their game, as much as I push the pace through the whole fight.
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Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.
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Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.
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Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.
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Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
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I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.
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The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.
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In 2013, Maryland had the second highest job creation rate of any state in the Mid Atlantic region - faster than both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema.
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The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.
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If you come to our country, don't expect to be taken care of, to be looked after, that your children will be educated without charge.
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I've still got lots of writing in me. I have not left journalism, but I put it on hold to focus on acting. I love actors. I think it's a crazy thing to do with your life, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them.
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For my part I think that capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself it is in many ways extremely objectionable.
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Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head.
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That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to.
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The grace and beauty of life will be clean gone when we all become useful men.
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A book should push the reader to confront himself and the world.
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There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.
