Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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When you've got children, it's easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I trust bitcoin more than I trust my bank.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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Part of my aim is to exhibit some general and structural features of the conceptual scheme in terms of which we think about particular things.
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When our binoculars are focused on the dad as 'deadbeat,' it often even leads us to missing concrete cues a dad gives to show his desire to be involved.
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The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.
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Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
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Winning the second Pulitzer firmly places me in conversation with this culture.
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From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back to the sacred origins of literature - the holy book. There's nothing holy about it for me, but it should be serious, and it should be totally transparent.
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It might be an idea for all literary critics to read the books they analyse aloud - it certainly helps to fix them in the mind, while providing a readymade seminar with your audience.
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The fact is that I am always thinking of something to build. A new book, radio show, plans for a trip somewhere. I am not a very happy person but I feel pretty even when I am working, so I guess that is how I am wired.
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More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.
