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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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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As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.
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Tis Vanth's cage. You can just move it out of the way." "I already have," he grumbles. "With my shin.
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From the Scriptures we find basic truths that may serve as the foundation of our teaching of history. The first basic truth is that God is in control of history. God's control may take the form of caring, governing, protecting, sustaining, and preserving. He exercises His will through divine superintendence or by divine intervention
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Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good.
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You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform.
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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.
