Lewis Carroll Quotes
Epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite!
Quotes to Explore
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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I was a tomboy.
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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
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If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
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The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.
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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.
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I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.
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Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
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Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.
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I'd excluded New York from my writing, and then I came back and I fell in love with it all over again. The energy comes from an absence, that yearning for New York when you are not there.
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I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
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Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
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Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.
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Epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite!
