Kingsley Amis Quotes
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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John Green was on the set of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the entire time, which is amazing! Wouldn't you want John Green on set the entire time?
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.
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Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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As far as viewpoints, I think I'm more well-rounded and definitely more educated, and probably more hopeful than I used to be. I think when you're young and you get into a cause, you get frustrated with it within a few years, or six months.
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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
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I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.
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My life has changed, but I'm not money-motivated at all; that's the last thing on my mind. I just want to play football, and that's how I've always been.
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My own experience as a person with blood type O was that my health, strength, and vitality significantly improved when I became a vegetarian ... I have also found a significant number of very healthy vegetarians who are Type O.
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I'm just an animal guy. I feel like every creature has some purpose, whether I know it or not.
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We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
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It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.
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Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.
