Charles Dickens Quotes
His gaze wandered from the windows to the stars, as if he would have read in them something that was hidden from him. Many of us would, if we could; but none of us so much as know our letters in the stars yet - or seem likely to do it, in this state of existence - and few languages can be read until their alphabets are mastered.
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We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.
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Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It's a sport that's more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we're kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so slowly.
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This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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Polka dots are fabulous.
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You have to be able to unleash your inner goofball with me.
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The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it's momentary if you win an award.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.
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I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.
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To be honest, I grew up with Alan Menken's music.
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I think it's good for anybody to learn languages. Americans are particularly limited in that way. Europeans less so... We're beginning to have Spanish move in on English in the states because of all the people coming from Hispanic countries... and we're beginning to learn some Spanish. And I think that's a good thing... Only having one language is very limiting... You get to think that's the way the human race is made; there's only one language worth speaking... Well, this isn't good for English.
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Like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed. I drew with a stick on the sand the diagrams of my motor. A thousand secrets of nature which I might have stumbled upon accidentally I would have given for that one which I had wrestled from her against all odds and at the peril of my existence.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films.
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His gaze wandered from the windows to the stars, as if he would have read in them something that was hidden from him. Many of us would, if we could; but none of us so much as know our letters in the stars yet - or seem likely to do it, in this state of existence - and few languages can be read until their alphabets are mastered.
