A. P. Herbert Quotes
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then!
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the opposite of the stereotype like 'You're the man haters!' We're always bending over backwards being extra nice. And I don't know if being nice is my legacy.
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You have to be taxed. Just because you work a little harder to have a little bit more money taken from you, I mean, that's scary. I worked hard for it. Why should I be taxed more than other people?
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I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.
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Building strength is very important, but there are many ways to do that.
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The very idea of having children brings out this deep revulsion in me.
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
