J. B. Priestley Quotes
I wished I had been born early enough to have been called a Little Englander. It was a term of sneering abuse, but I should be delighted to accept it as a description of myself. That little sounds the right note of affection. It is little England I love.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.
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Women love a self-confident bald man.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Good men must not obey the laws too well.
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I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.
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We have learned the lines of good taste through history and our sense of guilt, be it post-colonial or post-Holocaust.
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The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.
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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
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You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!
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Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having.
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I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.
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A relationship can be deeply damaging without anyone leaving marks on you. So many people - especially young women - end up trying to maintain those emotionally abusive relationships because we don't think it's that bad and that we are really some of the lucky ones because we haven't experienced 'real' abuse.
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That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.
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Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one.
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I wished I had been born early enough to have been called a Little Englander. It was a term of sneering abuse, but I should be delighted to accept it as a description of myself. That little sounds the right note of affection. It is little England I love.
