P. T. Barnum Quotes

I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'.

P. T. Barnum

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• To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.

  

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• I was unbelievably lucky.

  

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• I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.

  

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• If something is mine, then I want to keep it.

  

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• I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.

  

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• There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.

  

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• We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.

  

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• The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.

  

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• One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.

  

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• When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.

  

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• Without a dog, you'll be without at least one creature who thinks you are the smartest, most decent and heroic human being on the planet.

  

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• By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

  

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• If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.

  

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• One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.

  

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• When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

  

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• I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career than I would've had a football career. I did miss football, but I didn't miss some of the injuries from football.

  

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• I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.

  

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• Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.

  

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• The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.

  

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• I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer.

  

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• People who are ambitious - politicians who crave power - think that they're in control of it, but at some point, the movement that they started overtakes them, and they lose the ability to direct things anymore, and they become essentially riders on a wild stallion, and wherever the movement goes, wherever power takes them, they have to go along.

  

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• I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • World
  • Children
  • Friend