Charles Dickens Quotes
It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African.
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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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If something appeals, something appeals. I don't think I'm particularly calculated about it. I know I have an alarm bell that goes off in my head where something feels like it has no creative integrity to it at all, and it's just about making money.
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The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.
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Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder.
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I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.
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An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.
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No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others.
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Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.
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The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.
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In one respect, it's easier to open a restaurant in New York because you get more media attention than anywhere else. Almost everyone will try a new place once, irrespective of the reviews, because it's a spectator sport.
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People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create.
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I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing.
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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
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I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again.
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The owner of a company with supertight margins - say, a restaurant, retailer, or producer of commodity goods - would be a fool not to keep a close eye on the numbers. But when I make big decisions, numbers are seldom, if ever, the tiebreaker.
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I get wonderful letters from kids and teachers. I must have the best readers in the world.
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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
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I'd have liked to have leant against walls in thrillers.
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I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma.
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My mother emails me stuff about when she finds a paparazzi photo and they're like, his hair is out of control.
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It doesn't matter how many people I've killed. What matters is how I get along with the people who are still alive.
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It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong.
