Angus Wilson Quotes
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they’ve been at other times.
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Ozzy has dyslexia.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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I would have had fun doing just about anything.
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Austrian Republic established after the war gave an amnesty to 90 per cent of members of the Nazi Party in 1948, and to the SS and Gestapo by 1957.
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How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.
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There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist movement never embraced something called social Darwinism. It didn't exist.
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So for those of you falling in love,
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The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they’ve been at other times.
