Kingsley Amis Quotes
The Scandinavians are dear people but they've never been what you might call bywords for wit and sparkle, have they?
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
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I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants … Fear implies respect.
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When 'Goodfellas' is on TNT, and they've taken out all the curse words and put Tide commercials in the middle of it, I'll still watch 'Goodfellas' because it's that great of a movie.
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We must assent to the will of Heaven above and conform to the wishes of men on earth below, but the government should assert the majesty of its warlike might in order to drive away the hordes of fierce and cruel men. We know that the dispositions of these outer barbarians are as ravenous as those of wolves.
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You can cut a tree down, and it grows back. Once a species goes, it's gone forever.
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You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.'
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The Scandinavians are dear people but they've never been what you might call bywords for wit and sparkle, have they?
