Charles Dickens Quotes
"Next," said Mrs Wilfer with a wave of her gloves, expressive of abdication under protest from the culinary throne, "I would recommend examination of the bacon in the saucepan on the fire, and also of the potatoes by the application of a fork. Preparation of the greens will further become necessary if you persist in this unseemly demeanour."
Quotes to Explore
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.
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I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.
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I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
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My hair had been dyed blonde for 'Dredd.' After 'Dredd,' I was really fried because of the blonde hair dye, and so I cut it into a bob with bangs and that's how it was during 'Being Flynn.'
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A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
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These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.
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I don't have one polarizing message. It is just about being consistent over the years.
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If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.
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For every one that gets made, there are five other movies that you try to get made that you don't.
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Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.
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There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe - this is in the interest of jobs in Europe.
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What each of us longs for the most is to be both fully known and fully loved. Miraculously, God feels the same way about us. God, too, wants to be fully known and fully loved. God wants this so much that He has promised to knock down every obstacle in the way, enduring even His own death, to be with us, to consummate this love.
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Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.
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I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?
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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.
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Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
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Small events and choices determine the direction of our lives just as small helms determine the directions of great ships.
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Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.
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Acting is bad acting if the actor himself gets emotional in the act of making the audience cry. The object is to make the audience cry, but not cry yourself. The emotion has to be inside the actor, not outside. If you stand there weeping and wailing, all your emotions will go down your shirt and nothing will go out to your audience. Audience control is really about the actor
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
"Next," said Mrs Wilfer with a wave of her gloves, expressive of abdication under protest from the culinary throne, "I would recommend examination of the bacon in the saucepan on the fire, and also of the potatoes by the application of a fork. Preparation of the greens will further become necessary if you persist in this unseemly demeanour."
