Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
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Even under Obamacare, there are people that get subsidized insurance. But that has a $6,000 deductible. What do you think they do with that $6,000 deductible? They are still a nonpayer.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don't really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think. In fact, it's not on my radar at all. If there's anything negative, I don't want to know about it. I just do my own thing and get on with my life.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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It's essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
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I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century.
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I've always been a bit of an inventor, just making up weird things people haven't thought of before. I can't tell you exactly what, though, because they might actually happen one day!
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Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.
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Piet van Oostrum: I find this a nice feature but it is not according to the documentation. Or is it a BUG?Larry Wall: Let's call it an accidental feature.
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Few persons are prevented from thinking themselves right by the reflection that, if they be right, the rest of the world is wrong.
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Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. .. Rejoice.
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I really enjoy encountering a celebrity who's like, 'Let's go; you'd better have your A-game on.' You sit down with Madonna, and she's like, 'You'd better have something for me. If you're not ready to dance, I'll eat you up.'
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A plot-structure is a series of integrated, logically connected events, moved by a central purpose, leading to the resolution of a climax.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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You typically find stereotypical female characters that are people pleasers, where they are wives and girlfriends, typically, who are in the background.
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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
