J. B. Priestley Quotes
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Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I love Star City - it is my home.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
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A nation's economy is more than its markets, tastes, technologies and property rights.
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A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
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I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.
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The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
