Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
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Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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Resolve to pay any price or make any sacrifice to get into the top ten percent of your field. That payoff is incredible!
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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I think a lot of the Disney cartoons are scary when you watch them at a young age.
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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.
