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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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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Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.
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You're in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those who will tell you what you cannot do, and that part of you that knows...and has always known...that we are more than our environment; and that a dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain it, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.
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Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache; but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed, I think he would change places with his officer; for look you, sir, you know not which way you shall go.
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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.
