P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to bed.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
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Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs.
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The idea behind our shoes is simple: they are as light as possible, very soft and made from the finest leather we can buy. We try to make a combination of something that looks fantastic and is at the same time fantastically comfortable. This is the type of luxury people want to buy now, things that they can use every day.
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Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.
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New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to bed.
