P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.
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At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
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The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
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I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
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I'd love sloth. I wish sloth would come home and visit me once in a while. I don't consider laziness a sin at all.
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
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I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?
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My agent and I try to be picky with roles so that I can drive my career in different directions and be different, creative characters. I want to be an actor for the rest of my life and to have fun with my career. So I told him that I wish I could do a movie that already has a fan base. And then 'Twilight' came along!
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There are clearly some policies that need to change, and the reputation of the credit card industry is not high. Reforms need to take place.
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The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
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It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.
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[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.
