P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.
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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.
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I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
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Because the Republicans are never going to turn on Trump so long as he still has his base, and he will continue to have his base so long as this idea that he is standing up for workers, it remains intact. And the only way that that gets eroded is if it isn't just about Russia all the time, but is also about those economic betrayals.
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We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.
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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
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Putting out music as it's made, versus holding it until an album's finished, allows me to be more timely and maintain balance.
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The good tidings which the historian of the past brings with throbbing heart may be lost in a void the very moment he opens his mouth.
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I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity.
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P.S. I suppose I really should be nicer to people today, considering I'll be singing in Billy Graham's choir tonight...
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Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.
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Segregation. There was another one. America sees this now but it took a civil rights movement to betray their age. And 50 years ago the U.S. Supreme Court betrayed the age May 17, 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education came down and put the lie to the idea that separate can ever really be equal. Amen to that.
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Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.
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Actually, we chose the name Sun Cellular because we believe the name 'Sun' is bright, forward-looking and optimistic. It is my sincere hope that the whole Philippines will share our positive outlook, optimism and faith in the country's future.
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‘As a sleuth you are poor. You couldn’t detect a bass-drum in a telephone-booth.’
