Arthur Helps Quotes
The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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The high prices also highlight the fact that the U.S. is too heavily dependent on fossil fuels that we import from unstable parts of the world. To protect our national security, we must become more energy secure.
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A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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I just took everything so seriously in my early twenties. But now I'm like, 'life can be fun.' You don't have to overthink everything. I've found a way to be more at peace with things. I'm looking forward to turning 30.
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I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how to best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine! Spending creates more wealth for everybody.
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The human foot has bones and muscles and can balance back and forth. If you step and you maybe make a little mistake, your foot can compensate. But if I step in the wrong spot, my foot isn't going to compensate because it's just one piece of carbon fiber.
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I love how you can shoot a movie in a month or two or three of four, and it's this encapsulated story that you box up and ship out into the world, and what it is, is what it is.
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We need to intensify cooperation with civilized governments all over the world to combat the common threat of terrorism.
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The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.
