Lewis Carroll Quotes
Twenty thousand thieves landed at Hastings. These founders of the House of Lords were greedy and ferocious dragoons, sons of greedy and ferocious pirates... Such, however, is the illusion of antiquity and wealth, that decent and dignified men now existing, boast their descent from these filthy thieves, who showed a far juster conviction of their own merits, by assuming for their types the swine, goat, jackal, leopard, wolf, and snake, which they severally resembled.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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I've always been a fan of Fran Drescher!
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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I want tragic and poetic forever! That's how I want to live every day.
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I don't actually go out and pursue a route that will fit me best, it's just that something comes to me and I enjoy it and want to be a part of it.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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I've never had a cold Christmas, as I always spend it back home in Australia.
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I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.
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Everything I do is a reflection of the duality within me. Musically, I really love things that are very synthetic and unnatural. And I also like the organic and human... the intrinsic, I guess.
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There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment.
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My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.
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Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.
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In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
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I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.
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When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.
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The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.
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The son of Taiwan is the cattle of Taiwan.
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Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time - time for this, time for that, time for everything, time to waste.
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Twenty thousand thieves landed at Hastings. These founders of the House of Lords were greedy and ferocious dragoons, sons of greedy and ferocious pirates... Such, however, is the illusion of antiquity and wealth, that decent and dignified men now existing, boast their descent from these filthy thieves, who showed a far juster conviction of their own merits, by assuming for their types the swine, goat, jackal, leopard, wolf, and snake, which they severally resembled.
