Egerton Brydges Quotes
There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us.
Quotes to Explore
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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'Twin Peaks' was huge. I mean, it changed television; it was a huge hit, and it only went a season and a half. So that teaches you immediately that you just enjoy it for the time that you do it.
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I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.
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It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there – then I realised how much I liked it.
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I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic.
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I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, pp. 104–06
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I have always said about Tony Benn that he immatures with age.
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My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes.
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I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.
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Sharing is wonderful, but giving - I give, you take - often maintains the power status quo.
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Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.
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People were going to read it and, I hoped, maybe some minds would be changed. Ultimately, almost everyone who read that book was already on my side, and the only thing it served to do was make people like me angrier.
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People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?
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It is hard to try and find a rhythm when you're only out there for short spurts, but it's fine.
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There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us.
