Vernon Lee Quotes
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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I like being unconventional.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
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That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the human race to argue that women have a fine and fluent intelligence is surely an eloquent proof of the defective observation, incurable prejudice, and general imbecility of their lords and masters.
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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.
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Glass is the world's worst spy camera. If you want to surreptitiously take photos, I would not use Glass.
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Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world's concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.
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If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday
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A deal of the world's sound happiness is lost through Shyness.
