Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately run by bacteria, fungi and green plants.
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I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.
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Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
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I love when you get to work with people you know because there's so much more trust, and you're much more willing to be vulnerable in a scene with someone you trust.
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Men love strong and independent women. Always have and always will!
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Midnight, and love, and youth, and Italy!
