Barbara Cartland Quotes
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It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I don't go to any sexy places to eat where they give you half a lamb chop and one bean. I like going, 'Uhhh, I'm done' when I eat.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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Desire creates its own object.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.
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Harmony is the third element of music, after melody and rhythm, and also the one which requires the most study to actually master. People can be very instinctive and extremely gifted melodically and rhythmically, and harmony can still be difficult.
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Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.
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[A]n important new book. . . . Professor Akerlof and Rachel Kranton have invented Identity Economics.
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When every word is parsed for ill intention, regardless of who is speaking or why, we become so afraid we'll offend that we stop trying to communicate with people we don't understand.
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I would never recommend my novel as a parenting guide. But we happen to live at a very hectic and hurried time, and I believe that many parents are too wrapped up in themselves.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.