Charles Dickens Quotes
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.
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I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
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One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.
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When a loved one passes, there are mixed emotions, and a thirst to live one's own life more deeply can certainly be among them.
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I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.
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My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.
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There was one I did called 'The Phantom,' and we did a sequel to that called, 'Return of the Phantom.' I thought there was wonderful stuff in that. There was another show I love called 'Man Beast,' where I was the star, and I turned into a Beast; one of those things. It was great fun because I didn't let the stuntman work at all.
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Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.
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The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?
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Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out.
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My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.
