Charles Dickens Quotes
If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live well and die happy.Charles Dickens
Quotes to Explore
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Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
Garth Brooks -
One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
Victor LaValle -
Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.
Olivia Wilde -
The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
Sam Heughan -
Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the financial system, so science must break the tyranny of the luxury journals. The result will be better research that better serves science and society.
Randy Schekman -
It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
Felix Bloch
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
Gareth Gates -
I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.
Victor Mature -
You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
Pat Meehan -
But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
Lakhdar Brahimi -
And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
Jackson Browne
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
Eckhart Tolle -
We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
Abu Bakar Bashir -
Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.
Dan Brown -
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
Carlos Slim -
I'm very unorganized.
Taylor Momsen -
His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
Mae West
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The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.
James Van Der Beek -
The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in perpetuity.
E. O. Wilson -
If there's anyone out there who still doubts that Ireland is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our ancestors is alive in our time, who still questions our capacity to restore ourselves, reinvent ourselves and prosper, today is your answer.
Enda Kenny -
I'm a big Aqua fan. 'Barbie Girl' was a big deal growing up.
Allison Williams -
The word 'art' does not designate the concept of a mere eventuality; it is a concept of rank.
Martin Heidegger -
If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live well and die happy.
Charles Dickens