Edward Bellamy Quotes
When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general impulse to effort in your day, you find that the dread of want and desire of luxury was but one of several motives which the pursuit of money represented; the others, and with many the more influential, being desire of power, of social position, and reputation for ability and success.
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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I am really happy to see the number of entrepreneurs in India - not only because of the ideas they have but also because of the passion at which their ideas are put across.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Those who are greatly occupied in physical or material matters lack sufficient knowledge or have only superficial understanding of spiritual matters. Therefore, such people's opinions and judgments concerning spiritual matters carry no weight.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.
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I travel with a bunch of battery packs because I don't always have time to charge my phone at the hotel room when I'm traveling. I always change them, so I never run out of battery.
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The most important thing was to win tonight, world record would have been just the icing on the cake.
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Deathstorm sees Power Ring as a fascinating experiment. Deathstorm is a scientist who's been merged with the dead body of his lab assistant. It's given him a cold demeanor and a clammy touch.
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I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie here in Hollywood or at least try it. It's very different from European filmmaking, because here it's like a real industry. It's very much about money and making money, which I think is fine, because it's very expensive to make movies.
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Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.
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When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general impulse to effort in your day, you find that the dread of want and desire of luxury was but one of several motives which the pursuit of money represented; the others, and with many the more influential, being desire of power, of social position, and reputation for ability and success.
