Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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I was excited to make my own 'Neverland.'
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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Normally, learning lines is fairly easy for me, but when you add an accent onto that, it adds a complexity that I had not anticipated.
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Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
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But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.
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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν.
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To commit a successful murder must be very much like bringing off a conjuring trick.
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Naturally enough when I was a young dancer, I was terribly anxious to get ahead, and to get ahead quickly. I was impatient with all those older people who talked of the long grind to the top, who turned me down for jobs I knew I could do.
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I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
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Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.
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A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players.
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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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I always urge women to aim for the highest job they can get because you get more money and you get more support and you get more control, and those are the three things that actually make life easier.
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Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
