Lynne Truss Quotes
In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.
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William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.
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I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.
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I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly I wasn't shy anymore. Instead I felt confident and happy. I can remember the enormous sense of relief it gave me. I loved the feeling of making people laugh.
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We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. We use our five natural senses to perceive information. But the huge amount of information mankind has accumulated and stored online cannot be perceived by these senses.
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What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever.
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In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.
