Charles Dickens Quotes
Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.
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I have a dark sense of humor.
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I have to clean my room and unload the dishwasher, wash the pans, and feed the dogs.
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If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
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A war between Europeans is a civil war.
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In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it one thousand times. This confidence in God's grace and knowledge of it makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and with all creatures; and this is the work of the Holy Ghost in faith.
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True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes. They may show great tenderness towards each other but they face in the same direction - toward common projects, goals - above all, towards a common Lord.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.
