Kingsley Amis Quotes
While he was climbing the litter-strewn steps his left ball gave a sharp twinge, on and off like a light-switch, then again after he had sat down. Nothing. Just one of the aches and pains that come and go. No significance.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I was an English major in college!
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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Give me a mystery – just a plain and simple one – a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery – just one!
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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Quiet is the new loud.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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He plants trees to benefit another generation.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?
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God, our Father, has given us the life and the art of healing to protect and maintain it.
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This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.
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The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel about what you see.
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I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so much that can be done in manufacturing, in food preservation.
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I don’t think that I am the most informed or that I’ve earned my place to be a political spokes-voice. So I try to keep that type of politic out of my songwriting and I do it more in my personal life. I do a lot of fundraising, I do a lot of awareness raising through charity fundraising and lots of stuff that I do via eBay or my website, and I try to donate to causes that are fighting Trump’s racist system or the awful effects that Brexit is going to have.
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While he was climbing the litter-strewn steps his left ball gave a sharp twinge, on and off like a light-switch, then again after he had sat down. Nothing. Just one of the aches and pains that come and go. No significance.
