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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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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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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The past year and a half has been really transitional for me, just personally, as well as transitioning into becoming a woman.
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A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?
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During dull moments at school, I admit, I not only drew soldiers shooting one another but also tanks, bombers, fighters, and even the occasional space ship with planet-destroying powers.
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The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society.
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I am for a huge, huge tent that espouses conservative principles.
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The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony.
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We need to claim our power for something beautiful, something harmonious and something globally healthy.
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I like to mix things up.
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‘As a sleuth you are poor. You couldn’t detect a bass-drum in a telephone-booth.’
