Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever? - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• I'm a dad, and I can tell you it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

  

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• I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

  

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• Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'

  

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• I am an African and I am very proud of that.

  

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• At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.

  

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• Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.

  

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• When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.

  

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• Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

  

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• Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.

  

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• Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.

  

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• Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development.

  

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• I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.

  

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• I made mistakes in every trial.

  

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• Technologists come at a problem from the point of view that the system is working a certain way, and if I engage in that system and actually change the rules of the system, I can make it work a different way.

  

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• I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

  

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• I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'

  

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• As horrific as this impact has been on my constituents, it is only a small part of the overwhelming destruction covering 90,000 square miles of the Gulf Coast.

  

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• If I don't see an emotional response to a dress, then I think something's wrong.

  

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• When you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. Forever.

  

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• To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.

  

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• There is an utterance of Necessity, an ancient decree of the gods, eternal, sealed fast with broad oaths: whenever any one defiles his body sinfully with bloody gore or perjures himself in regard to wrong-doing, one of those spirits who are heir to long life, thrice ten thousand seasons shall he wander apart from the blessed, being born meantime in all sorts of mortal forms, changing one bitter path of life for another.

  

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• Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

  

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  • Forever
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• Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever? - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Forever
  • Gods
  • Creatures