J. B. Priestley Quotes
To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.
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I've made plenty of violent games in my life. I play violent games. They don't affect people in the way that a lot of people think they do. They just don't. It's demonstrably true that they don't, and anybody who thinks they do is just not thinking.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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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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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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There is - I will just say that there was a disastrous day where I discovered really what radioactivity is and that just because you don't see it doesn't mean that it's not everywhere, so - Yeah. I was a slow learner for sure.
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I'm basically a gift-giver.
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Women treat us men like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
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Even in art, there is no light without shadows, and no shadows are cast without some light. Even the shadow of Adolf Hitler is accompanied by some light.
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So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.
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To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.
