Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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I love taking chances.
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The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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By 1951, television had already made such inroads on the income garnered by motion picture companies that the Golden Era which had prevailed until then was beginning to disintegrate. And by 1953, it had come to an end. Hollywood was a dismal, tragic place.
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You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.
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Anybody who has interacted with me will definitely find me to be a chirpy person.
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I don't know that it's particularly good for my writing process, but I have gotten some very valuable writing ideas and advice through Twitter and Facebook and other social network sites.
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I don't work with a stylist.
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Shakespeare is universal.
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
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If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.
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My entire history with the Navy have been trying to get the Navy to focus on families and child care and all the things that they were way behind in - housing, all of those things.
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The whole concept of salvation through belief offers strength to those who doubt themselves.
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I think we all have the same spirituality deep inside and we grow to learn more about it all the time, and we try very hard to become better people as we grow. We search all the time for the truth. We learn more about the world and we can't have thoughts like, "We are better than them" or "They are not good enough for God". This is very bad way of thinking, you know?
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I am a southern guy who likes dressing up and looking sharp but who lives a busy life of working and traveling, and I need reliable, stylish pieces in my wardrobe that will service multiple occasions.
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Recognize that it is natural and normal to fear rejection. The only thing wrong with it is if you allow the fear to dominate you so that it holds you back from fulfilling your potential in your business.
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I don't have a life-style, I have a life.
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Walk to work, even if it's four miles. Ride a bike to work. Drive a different way. On your way there, try to find beauty. You'd be surprised how much more of the neighborhood you can perceive and experience when you're looking for unique spots of beauty.
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The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.
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Control the publics perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.
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Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
