Charles Dickens Quotes
I don't like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and small calculating machines.
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Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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Love is the one wild card.
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My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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I started out doing musicals.
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Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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Houston, we've had a problem.
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Hurry it up! I want to be in hell in time for dinner.
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My favorite thing before going to school was watching 'Full House,' 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch,' and 'Boy Meets World.'
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Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.
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I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
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I don't like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and small calculating machines.
