Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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I don't know what love means.
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Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.
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Parts that are desexed, matronly – to just put me in a couple of scenes and have me be the older, you know, dead character, is not gonna fly with me.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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I love taking chances.
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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I always say, you gotta play a dive bar like you play an arena, and you play an arena like you play a dive bar.
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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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When I did 'Unforgettable,' it wasn't appropriate for us to take liberties with that music. There had to be kind of a fine line between what had made it so great and the fact that a woman was singing it. We changed some of the arrangements, but not too much.
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If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.
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If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.
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In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.
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If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can’t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.
