Andrew Lang Quotes
Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts-for support rather than illumination.
Andrew Lang
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The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.
Pat Metheny
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
T. C. Boyle
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
Lara Flynn Boyle
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
Otto Rank
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I'm a real girly-girl.
Olivia Culpo
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
Aaron Allston
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
Faye Dunaway
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I am what I want. What I seek to consume, possess, and achieve is a mirror that reflects my lusts and cravings, values and priorities, and moral boundaries or lack thereof.
Jane Velez-Mitchell
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Che quella che da l'oro e da l'argentoDifende il cor di pudicizia armato,Tra mille spade via più facilmenteDifenderallo, e in mezzo al fuoco ardente.
Ludovico Ariosto
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This terrible tragedy has created the opportunity to fashion a determined global response to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever it exists and under whatever name. I assured President Bush of India's complete support in this.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops.
Pete Stark
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Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts-for support rather than illumination.
Andrew Lang