Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!
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I do believe that banks are special - they are very leveraged institutions by nature; therefore, it's even more critical to ensure that the governance and the process of running a banking company are well-organised, managed and regulated.
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Little remnants from everywhere I've been are scattered around my home. I collect rocks in a weird way, with stones from around the world as mementos. I've also got three haranas, which are little guitars.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he doesn't have enough tongues to describe what he sees. Nevertheless, people have never stopping describing the sky, simply listing what they see.
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.
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I have a love for boxing.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
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If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
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I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can work before my hand gives out, that sort of thing.
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Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.
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There is nothing so striking to the eye on a return to England from the Continent as the stateliness of our trees. I do not know of any trees in Europe to compare with ours.
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All I want to do is change the world.
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Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.
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Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.
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Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.
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He Quoyle did not want a boat, shied from the thought of water. Ashamed he could not swim, couldn't learn.
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Die Wahrheit widerspricht unserer Natur, der Irrthum nicht, und zwar aus einem sehr einfachen Grunde: die Wahrheit fordert, daß wir uns für beschränkt erkennen follen, der Irrthum schmeichelt uns. wir seien auf ein- oder die andere Weise unbegränzt.
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I don't know anybody who's any good who isn't nuts.
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For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point.
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One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way.
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People think of me and think, 'Ibiza and hippy look.' I'm trying to expand.
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That's like the fourth time I've been called a women in this past hour. It's really starting to boost my self-esteem.
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Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!
