George Linley Quotes
Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.
Quotes to Explore
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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I think I'm very old-fashioned.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be the stuff out there, but the stuff inside your head. It's going to be commercial and nasty at the same time.
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The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions.
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Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.
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Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure.
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Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.
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Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' has got to be the most gorgeous, sumptuous, painterly movie ever made about multiple decapitations.
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Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.
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The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers who are very celebrated fall into, you know, people you know stop reading them, and then it comes back again.
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El dolor no nos sigue: camina adelante.
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Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.
