P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
He groaned slightly and winced, like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.
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My first conscious thought of 'I should be like that and not like this' was probably at about six, and I was playing with... I have a twin brother, and we were playing with our twin cousins, who are a boy and a girl.
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When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Photography is an accident.
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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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'Heartbeats' is a film on people magnifying and subliming reality when they're in love. Hence the overstylized look, the aesthetics, the robes, the dresses, the vintage, hipster-ish look: All of this is voluntary. I'm not a hipster. I'm not!
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As things go digital, the notion of new editions will go away. A publisher can add video and assessment content at scale, make the change in 30 seconds and it's just a software update.
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I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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I'm trying to do big things. It doesn't matter whether it's on the field or off the field.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.
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Eating and food are a wonderful part of our life's experience, and half of us are walking around dreading having to figure out what to put in our mouths.
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My brother and I did theater in high school, and were both in Pennsylvania Youth Theatre. It was awesome. When you go to Los Angeles, it's a rough city, and it's hard. You drive around in your car in your own little bubble, and there's tons of rejection. Being from the Lehigh Valley helped because it was something so stable.
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I went up a straight crooked lane and, I said 'No thanks, yes if yer please.
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Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.
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I find it quite hard to connect with the songs where I portray myself as this clumsy, adorable, love-struck man-child.
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When I was a child, I wanted to be important.
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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
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He groaned slightly and winced, like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.
