Charles Dickens Quotes
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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Kuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it's got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It's not pretty. But it's striking, I'll give it that. It's not as over-the-top as Abu Dhabi or Dubai. But nearly.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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How does one get bored of life?
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
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When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth.
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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
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I'm, like, finishing up high school. I don't know how you can learn anything from me because I'm still, like, a teenager. I don't know what I'm doing with my life.
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We forge the chains we wear in life.
