P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
I may as well tell you, here and now, that if you are going about the place thinking things pretty, you will never make a modern poet. Be poignant, man, be poignant!
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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Anything that you can become obsessed with, and you do so much that you don't do the things you need to do with family, friends, school, job - that can be an addiction. And texting absolutely can qualify.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive.
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I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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The president of the United States should not be tweeting.
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My child has changed things for me. Lately, I really wish there were greater roles for women. I think I see it in a different way now. I look at my little girl and I don't want her to think that all she has to be is pretty and quiet.
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So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands.
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My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that.
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I'm always working out; I did ice hockey in high school, but I'm not a dance person. I mean, this was horrible, but I had a dance double in my high-school musical.
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I may as well tell you, here and now, that if you are going about the place thinking things pretty, you will never make a modern poet. Be poignant, man, be poignant!
