Charles Dickens Quotes
To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too - it really was - to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen; it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of mind over matter; quite.
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
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People tend to associate fairies with princesses, but they couldn't be more different. Princesses have dynastic and domestic pressures, and they get parked on glass hills. Fairies don't have families. They don't clean or cook. They sip nectar from flowers and dance by the light of the moon.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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I booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from part to part at that point.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
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There are always people who will - who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things in the name of their religion.
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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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We can move no faster than the evolution of our language, and this is certainly part of what the psychedelics are about: they force the evolution of language.
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Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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It's hard to think of another body of work that is more universally beloved - I don't think I've ever met someone who has encountered 'Calvin and Hobbes' without falling for them.
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Honor is better than honors.
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To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too - it really was - to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen; it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of mind over matter; quite.
