P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
If it were not for quotations, conversations between gentlemen would consist of an endless series of 'what-ho!'s.
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Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.
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I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because I was a Russian major, and I was one of two girls accepted that year. This was September 1969 - well, that would have been 1970 - into the School Of Languages And Linguistics in Georgetown.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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One of the things that's interesting is that the PC has always had a huge amount of scalability. It was sort of the wild dog that moved into Australia and killed all the local life because it could just adapt. There used to be these dedicated devices, like dedicated word processors.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
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No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.
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I do not seek. I find.
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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
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There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.
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I'm totally grateful for the fans my family has and I have; they gave me a lot of support when I was in treatment. But it was just odd, you know? It's stressful. Just the whole fact of being someone in the public eye.
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If people don't know who you are, they're not going to listen to your message. And not everybody pays attention to politicians by watching Fox News and CNN.
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Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life.
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And real nobility (that of the heart) is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
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Toddlers need to get off the soccer field and onto the playground. Children need to get out of the gym and into neighborhood stickball games. We need to give kids room to create their own rules, set their own terms, and move their bodies in their own ways.
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And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.
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If it were not for quotations, conversations between gentlemen would consist of an endless series of 'what-ho!'s.
