George Saintsbury Quotes
I do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
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I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.
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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.
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I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV is that when you think 'Christian,' you think 'goody two shoes' - they have to look a certain way and do certain things - and it's just not true.
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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
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I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.
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My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of presence and wholeness that could carry me through whatever losses might come.
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There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings.
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To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
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I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.
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Child Protection Services can get all up in your business if you have kids. Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.
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I like the minute when I can get off the stage and go home, and I know I've done a good job.
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All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.
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I'm drawn to the unconventional because I've been drawn unconventionally. I believe that I'm supposed to topple over these false images of what's idealistically beautiful. Because, of course, these intangible qualities are very attractive to women. Sincerity. Sense of humor. Success.
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I probably suffered with depression.
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The truth is not distorted here, but rather a distortion is used to get at truth.
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I watched a lot of television as a kid, and the suburbs to me - that was exotic! Like, a mom and dad who lived in the same house and had jobs and cooked breakfast at the same time every morning and did laundry in a washing machine and dryer? That was like, 'Woah! Who are they? How do you get to be like that?'
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Golf is a humbling sport.
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If I have attained something in this world, it was not my personal qualities that originally brought this about. Rather my achievements are only a symbol of the fact that woman, after all, is already on the march to general recognition.
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I do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast.
