Edward Thomas Quotes
How nice it would be to be dead if only we could know we were dead. That is what I hate, the not being able to turn round in the grave and to say It is over.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.
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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
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I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.
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As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.
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We need to recognise that the whole edifice of our fifth estate, of our journalism, has been built on a foundation of newspaper journalism and that that foundation is crumbling. The management of the media companies will deny that the end is nigh. I hope they are right.
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Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
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In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.
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What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal…. For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space.
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It is a fact worth pondering that four centuries ago the evil of 'an abundance or surplus' arose from its being kept off the market, while today the evil of surplus lies in its being thrown upon the market.
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The Republicans are wrong in thinking that the rich create jobs. In reality, many of the richest Americans have been investing in efficiency innovations rather than to create jobs. And the Democrats are wrong, because growth won't happen if they distribute the wealth of the wealthy to everyone else.
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Everything in life is like a class if you can operate in a capacity to be open for the lesson.
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My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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I was able to accomplish pretty much everything I set out to do with my run on Superman, and I'm really proud of how it turned out. I hope that readers enjoyed it, too!
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Such is the nature of comic strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste. Typically, the end result is lazy, rich cartoonists.
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The U.S. economy is the global economic driver. And within the U.S. economy, the U.S. consumer is the global driver.
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I hate pockets in trousers … By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.
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How nice it would be to be dead if only we could know we were dead. That is what I hate, the not being able to turn round in the grave and to say It is over.
