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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At Tiger Stadium, the dugouts are so low that you walk in and hit your head on the ceiling. People would say, 'Don't feel bad. Ty Cobb did the same thing.'
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People want to know where I'm going, and I just don't ever know.
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For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction.
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Most of us can now record a whole series with the click of a button. We all have DVD players, and the rise of the DVD box-set means we watch this stuff in two, three-hour sessions. So there is this real appetite out there for lengthy, pretty intricate drama. All that is great news for writers.
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If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they strew in their tracks; and how, while they marched on with tread of iron and plumes proudly tossing in the breeze, some one must follow closely in their steps, crouching to the earth, toiling in the rain and darkness, shelterless themselves, with no thought of pride or glory, fame or praise, or reward; hearts breaking with pity, faces bathed in tears and hands in blood. This is the side which history never shows.
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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?
