Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you'll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.
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I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.
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If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.
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The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.
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I became a vegetarian at 15. I was always an animal lover and, as a teenager, became increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of eating meat. It was then that I started to research vegetarianism.
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Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.
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I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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I would have been miserable in college. I always hated school.
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The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with base notes, or dark lake with the treble.
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War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime.
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Obviously, I am the cook. The cook is the director. He arranges the menu, the seating order of the guests; he gives refuge to the lovers; he prepares the repast of the lover's body. The cook is a perfectionist and a rationalist, a portrait of myself.
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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In the physical world, we would never blame the victim of the assault for that assault taking place, but yet we do so all the time in the cyber world. I think that's completely misguided.
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One of the greatest investments of our lifetime has been New York City real estate, and investors made the highest returns when they bought stuff during the 1970s and 1980s when people were getting mugged. The lesson is that you make the most money when you buy stuff that's out of consensus.
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People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.
