George Saville Quotes
An old man concludeth from his knowing mankind that they know him too, and that maketh him very wary.
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I would have wanted to be a rock star, a lead singer, if I wasn't a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan.
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I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Taking B12 is the price of getting to be vegan, the way wearing a helmet is the price of getting to ride a motorcycle and giving up alcohol for nine months is the price of getting to have a baby.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research.
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My first YA novel, not many people have read. It's a fickle business. There's a degree of timing and luck involved.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
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E-mails, phone calls, Web sites, videos. They're still all letters, basically, and they've come to outnumber old-fashioned conversations. They are the conversation now.
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I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'
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There's times when I just have to quit thinking... and the only way I can quit thinking is by shopping.
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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.
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Khaled Said was a young man just like me, and what happened to him could have happened to me.
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An old man concludeth from his knowing mankind that they know him too, and that maketh him very wary.
