Egerton Brydges Quotes
To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.
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You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters.
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Schmoozers are brownnosers, sycophants more suited to middle management than to the Wild West of the entrepreneurial world.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.
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With every film, the pressure is on the rise for the next.
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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
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I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
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My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious.
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When I started in 1992, I really thought the 'Vogue' fashion department was one of the most frightening places on the planet.
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The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.
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I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.
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Both the 228 Incident (White Terror in Taiwan) and the June 4 Incident (Tiananmen Square Incident in Beijing) are like mirrors, reminding the leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to engage in soul-searching and learn lessons.
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To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.
