Arthur Helps Quotes
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.
Quotes to Explore
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
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When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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It is very disappointing to see the Punjabi music scene of today. The lyrical quality has deteriorated; it is only people like Sartaaj and Gurdas Maan Ji who are sticking to their roots.
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People talk about PlayStations, video games, social network and Twitter; I can't handle it.
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Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.
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Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.
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In India, the measure of a singer's freedom is in his own creative personality. He can sing the composer's song as his own, if he has the power creatively to assert himself in his interpretation of the general law of the melody which he is given to interpret.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a 'living' document. But we have a long way to go to get our modern privacy laws in line with modern technology.
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Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
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Reproductive health decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor. Any efforts to undermine women's reproductive rights must stop.
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I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.
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War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.
