A. P. Herbert Quotes
The Farmer will never be happy again;He carries his heart in his boots;For either the rain is destroying his grainOr the drought is destroying his roots.
Quotes to Explore
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Hollywood used to control the distribution; now Silicon Valley does.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!
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Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.
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Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.
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A vast technology has been developed to prevent, reduce, or terminate exhausting labor and physical damage. It is now dedicated to the production of the most trivial conveniences and comfort.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I want kids to have a chance to dream of becoming something like I did in my life, and when you're living in a home that's dysfunctional and unhealthy that way, you don't dream like that.
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The Farmer will never be happy again;He carries his heart in his boots;For either the rain is destroying his grainOr the drought is destroying his roots.
