Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.
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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don't know what else to do. I just do the best I can and tell you the only thing I can, and that's what I already told you many times.
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I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.
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All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.
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I am not a yogi yet, but I aspire to have more balance in my life.
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You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.
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For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.
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Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.
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Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You'll know.
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This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.
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Time is a child playing with droughts. The lordship is to the child.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new State grows up.
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Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.
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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
