Charles Dickens Quotes
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
Quotes to Explore
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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There are times when I need to dig up the diagram for a type of satellite dish, for instance, but I just can't seem to phrase this need correctly. As a result, I'm inundated by advertising for satellite television and people's online customer reviews of such services when, in fact, I was only trying to figure out what a certain component is called.
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Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.
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The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
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It's kind of cool to have the whole country at your back. Not just a city, but the whole country is rooting for you.
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I used to be into Bjork and PJ Harvey, and they used to blow my mind. But there hasn't been a pop star blowing anybody's mind.
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I'm happiest when I'm discussing a script and working with interesting people.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.
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I'm happy to say that I am in remission. That R word is something critically important to cancer patients, especially in a disease like myeloma. But I never lose sight of the fact that there is another R word called relapse.
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I started writing the one-sentence stories when I was translating 'Swann's Way.' There were two reasons. I had almost no time to do my own writing, but didn't want to stop. And it was a reaction to Proust's very long sentences.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
