Charles Dickens Quotes
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Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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Every time I go out there and compete, my number is, of course, $100 million or better.
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I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.
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Sharia law does not exist in the Koran. It was created by man.
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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
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I always say the greats just get better.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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Hiking is something that I really, really like to do. It's distracting, you're in nature, and you get a nice workout that way. I would tell everyone to hike as much as they can - you just feel so much better when you get outdoors. I'm also into yoga.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
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We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.
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You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
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90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.
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The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
