P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
Though never for an instant faltering in my opinion that Augustus Fink-Nottle was Nature's final word in cloth-headed guffins, I liked the man, wished him well.
Quotes to Explore
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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There is no doubt that breath control is the means for mind control because the mind, like breath, is a part of air; because the nature of mobility is common to both; because the place of origin is the same for both; and because when one of them is controlled, the other gets controlled.
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I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
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I just worry a lot. I'm a worrier. Michelle and Barack are really dear to me. I mean, I love them. And I don't want to see them get hurt. Just the nature of politics is hurtful. So every time they are hurt, I get hurt. It's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot to see your friends go through. It's hard not to get emotional.
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.
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I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.
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I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.
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I'm a nature girl. I grew up in Colorado and was always outside. I still am, even when I'm in the city.
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I have a lot of different stages in my life when training has been easy or hard. Now, it seems that I have been training for so long that it has become almost second nature to me.
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I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.
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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
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And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.
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Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco.
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I feel like every first episode of a TV show is bad, you know, and it always improves.
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People remain unknowable to us, even people that we're very close to. And I think the same goes for our own selves.
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When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.
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Though never for an instant faltering in my opinion that Augustus Fink-Nottle was Nature's final word in cloth-headed guffins, I liked the man, wished him well.
