Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.
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I always wanted Han Solo's confidence and swagger. My personality is way more C-3PO, but Han was always who I wanted to be.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
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I am very much a Republican.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.
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That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.
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I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.
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Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
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You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
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People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
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I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.
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We all have our own little thing, I think.
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I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios.
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Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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To be 'in the will of God' is not a matter of intellectual discernment, but a state of heart.
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It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
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My fear represented the failure of the human system. It is a sad truth of our creation: Something is amiss in our design, there are loose ends of our psychology that are simply not wrapped up. My fears were the dirty secrets of evolution. They were not provided for, and I was forced to construct elaborate temples to house them.
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At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue.
