Edward St Aubyn Quotes
‘Look at her,’ said Patrick, ‘pacing around the cage of her Valentino dress, longing to be released into her natural habitat.’
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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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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
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One thing I am sure of is that I won't judge a dance reality show.
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I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.
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You want to win the games, to win trophies.
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Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it.
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I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.
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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
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I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.
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In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy.
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In the sacred precinct of that dwelling where the despotic woman wields the sceptre of fierce neatness, one treads as if he carried his life in his hands.
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I try to force myself to travel light; otherwise, I tend to bring a million things that I end up never using!
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We need a national focus on increasing the sustainable growth rate of our economy.
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I like everything to be dependable, heavy, English furniture.
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Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.
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‘Look at her,’ said Patrick, ‘pacing around the cage of her Valentino dress, longing to be released into her natural habitat.’
