Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.
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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
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Between the desireAnd the spasmBetween the potencyAnd the existenceBetween the essenceAnd the descentFalls the Shadow .
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Only get rid altogether of your nonsensical trash about the beautiful, which I nor anybody else, nor yourself to boot, could ever understand,-only free yourself of that, and your success in life is as sure as daylight.
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I’m saying that men go from control by their mothers to control by their wives, and this is the horror men’s lives. And feminism refuses to see this.
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History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy.
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I'm not good at the protocols of dating. laughs I'm not really experienced in that. My girlfriend is my second or third girlfriend. I think in the past none of us really knew when we were 'dating'-we were just hanging out and doing things. I didn't go to high school so I missed the prom.
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A single question remained, the age-old cry of anguish: 'How could one so beautiful be so base?'
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He was not a man who prattled readily, especially in a foreign tongue. He gave the impression that each word was excavated from his interior by some up-to-date process of mining.
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It’s a poor atom blaster that won’t point both ways.
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Denke dir ein Endliches ins Unendliche gebildet, so denkst du einen Menschen.
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Let's ask ourselves: Does America really need 70 percent of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million new lawsuits coursing through the system annually? Is it right that people with disputes come up against staggering expense and delay?
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Ἔσω βλέπε· μηδενὸς πράγματος μήτε ἡ ἰδία ποιότης μήτε ἡ ἀξία παρατρεχέτω σε.
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Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
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The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.
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I don't consider myself a star.
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Mary Magdalene beat her breasts and sobbed, His dear disciple, stone-faced, stared. His mother stood apart. No other looked into her secret eyes. Nobody dared. - 1940-1943
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I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
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The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.
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Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.
