Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun.
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It's not like I'm sitting at home coming up with some secret beauty plan.
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I'm a total foodie.
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I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things.
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Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.
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The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her.
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No, In fairy talesWhen to the ill-starred Prince the lady says'I love you!' all his ugliness fades fast - But I remain the same, up to the last!
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Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited to provoke than to prevent deformities.
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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.
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I think things just happen to people. That's healthier, I feel, than believing there's some grand scheme where your story is already inscribed in the Book of Life. Books get rewritten.
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I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.
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Well-reported news is a public good; bad news is bad for everyone.
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Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things.
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I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.
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How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.
