Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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Nation states that are used to imposing capital controls will face a quandary: ban cryptocurrencies and live in the technology dustbin; enable them, and this virus - this religion, this protocol - will enable the free flow of money and language, along with packets, around the globe.
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I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.
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Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.
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Desirelessness towards the seen and the unseen gives the consciousness of mastery.
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The romantic intoning, the declaimed clairvoyance Are parts of apotheosis, appropriate And of its nature, the idiom thereof.
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The commentariat denounced Trump’s immigration policies, then quickly returned to saying he had no policies at all. It was as if JFK had said we were going to the moon and the entire media shouted back, 'Okay, but what’s your policy on going to the moon.'
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My parents have always been there to really support anything I wanted to do or learn - they provided the opportunity for me. I was very blessed in that sense.
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I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.
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People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
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I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.
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I don't have any interest in cashing out or leaving the business or doing something else. I just love Subway, and I want to keep focusing on the company for the benefit of all our franchise owners. So I'm kind of like married to the job.
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If I get an obit in the Times, they will say, of course, known to millions as Rumpole.
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It was challenging. It was never easy for me. My life changed suddenly, and I lost my health. I lost the body that I knew.
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I got really lucky when I found somebody that I want to be friends with forever.
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The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory.
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What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?
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I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.
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The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.
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My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.
