P. D. James Quotes
Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it.
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We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider." "What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur. "Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.
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I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.
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I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University.
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Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.
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It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it.
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Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.
