Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
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On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.
Gabriel Marcel
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On my way from school to home I heard a man saying 'I will kill you.' I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone.
Malala Yousafzai
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His (Deschamps’) complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was composed of hypocrisy, flattery, lying, paying and betraying; it was where calumny and cupidity reigned, common sense lacked, truth dared not appear, and where to survive one had to be deaf, blind, and dumb.
Barbara W. Tuchman
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I remember having a conversation with my sister, saying, 'What if I don't make it? What if I'm still waiting tables when I'm 35?' I was just at the end of my rope. But I've been at the end of that rope several times.
Chelsea Handler
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Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.
Jaromir Jagr
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I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair, and I was also part of the drama group, which was filled with actors and writers and wasn't really accepted by the rest of the school.
Christina Hendricks
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'I'll put a word in for you, Sharpe, because a man shouldn't be disciplined for killing the enemy, but I don't suppose my help will do you any good.'
Bernard Cornwell
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Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember you achieved 'Outstanding' in all your N.E.W.T.s, but if you attempt to — er — 'bring me in' by force, I will have to hurt you.
Joanne Rowling
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A flattering painter, who made it his careTo draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Work, Mr. Burton. There’s nothing like work, for men and women. The one unforgivable sin is idleness.
Agatha Christie
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The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton