P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
He groaned slightly and winced, like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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Really great blogs do not take the place of great microprocessors. Great blogs do not replace great software. Lots and lots of blogs does not replace lots and lots of sales.
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To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?
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Πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίαςμήτηρ, γυνὴ σωτῆρος.
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Don't stop. Don't slow down. Keep focused.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment... We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and the billions of molecules in a drop of water are counted. Yet, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, this great science eludes the efforts of our mental weapons to grasp it.
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He groaned slightly and winced, like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.
