Charles Dickens Quotes
All is going on as it was wont. The waves are hoarse with repetition of their mystery; the dust lies piled upon the shore; the sea-birds soar and hover; the winds and clouds go forth upon their trackless flight; the white arms beckon, in the moonlight, to the invisible country far away.Charles Dickens
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
L'Wren Scott -
There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
Dana Brunetti -
I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.
Pamela Anderson -
People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
D. A. Pennebaker -
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it.
Bat for Lashes -
The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.
Gavin Newsom
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
Fidel Castro -
Part of me feels you can't say you were truly in love if it didn't last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that's when I'll know it's real - because it lasted.
Taylor Swift -
I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
Yancy Butler -
The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
Camilla Lackberg -
When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don't have a lot of time to think about me.
Taraji P. Henson -
I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
Manuel Puig
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I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
Val McDermid -
Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.
H. P. Lovecraft -
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.
LaToya London -
There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have.
P. J. O'Rourke -
We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me.
Larry Holmes
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To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to be in good order if, day after day, we try to force them to do what they do not find satisfying.
William Glasser -
Sometimes playing with a click isn’t going to achieve what this band needs.
Jay Weinberg Against Me! -
Most people don't pray until they're in trouble. When people need help they pray a lot. But after they get what they want, they slow down. If a man takes five showers a day, his body will be clean. Praying five times a day helps me clean my mind.
Muhammad Ali -
Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined.
David Dudley Field II -
All is going on as it was wont. The waves are hoarse with repetition of their mystery; the dust lies piled upon the shore; the sea-birds soar and hover; the winds and clouds go forth upon their trackless flight; the white arms beckon, in the moonlight, to the invisible country far away.
Charles Dickens