Elspeth Huxley Quotes
You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.
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I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they should go, they let you know... and when they happy, you gotta keep 'em happy.
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I don't think a system or a government should fear critical opinions or views. Only by heeding those critical views would it be possible for us to further improve our work and make further progress.
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I am drawn to humorous art that is ironic.
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Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time.
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
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Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.
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Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.
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For a people, as for an individual, it is tragic to have ambitions and to lack both the means essential to their fulfillment and any hope of acquiring those means.
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I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
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If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion
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We're all responsible for creating a polio-free world while we still can.
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People here had redwood trees in their backyards. You were never far from the infinite.
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Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
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Music is like making love: either all or nothing.
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The most dangerous and successful conspiracies take place in public, in plain sight, under the clear, bright light of day -- usually with TV cameras focused on them.
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We have to make it clear to the multi-nationals that slavery is too high a price to pay for cheap goods
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The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me.
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So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf. You have been King of my glory won't You be my Prince of Peace.
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The reality is that we have a weakened energy infrastructure, and anything above a Category 3 hurricane hitting Puerto Rico would be devastating towards that infrastructure.
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You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.
