Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
Quotes to Explore
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
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There are times where I am trying to make the big play before I even catch the football.
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I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.
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What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life.
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Orson Welles was lazy. He was a late bloomer.
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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.
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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
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My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here!
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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.
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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
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Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.
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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
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If you asked me to seriously kiss someone on a screen, I would be very uncomfortable. But I will lick any part of your face.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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I'm really enjoying being able to do these unhinged comedies and emotional dramas alike. I'm having a lovely time. After shooting a role that requires months of crying, it's quite nice to be able to play something very different.
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I've made it very clear that building, maintaining, and fixing Maryland's roads and bridges is our top transportation priority, and it is a top priority of our administration.
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I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.
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What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive right to govern the systems of production.
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I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It's noise I block out automatically. I love my body.
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There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.
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The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of it.
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What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
