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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One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'
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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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Real Madrid is a great club, and I will have some great players at my disposal who all want to help improve the level of the team.
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I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.
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When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.
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I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
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Too often we forget that genius, too, depends upon the data within its reach, that even Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions.
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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.
