Lionel Blue Quotes
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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Dead men tell no tales.
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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Whenever anything went wrong at home, because I was the only boy, I would get blamed for it straight away. Girls stick together.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
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In computer circles, any unencrypted data is known as 'cleartext.'
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.
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If people go into music with the idea of competing with other artists, then they're doing it for all the wrong reasons.
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That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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I was born with this heart condition, but it's never affected me – I've been able to play every sport I wanted to, and the doctors were amazed.
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When we give trust, we receive trust. And people who trust us pay attention to us.
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This year, 1996, has been designated the 'Year of the Vaccine,' commemorating the 200th anniversary of Edward Jenner's vaccination of James Phipps with cowpox virus and subsequent challenge with smallpox virus. Insight into the nature of viruses, and how viruses interact with mammalian cells, has evolved since the turn of the century.
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Everyone can have their heart broken. Even if you know the relationship isn't working, it's still sad. Even in a bad relationship, they're part of your life for a long time, and saying goodbye to that can be difficult.
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On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.
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Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
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So many plusses, so many minuses.
