J. B. Priestley Quotes
Nearly everything possible had been done to spoil the game: the heavy financial interest; the absurd transfer and player-selling system; the lack of any birth or residential qualifications; the absurd publicity given to every feature of it by the press; the monstrous partisanships of the crowds.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
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The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn't know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.
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If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.
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We get sucked into the Internet and streaming information, and it's time to just unplug and look within.
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Being resilient is the essence of my life.
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Nearly everything possible had been done to spoil the game: the heavy financial interest; the absurd transfer and player-selling system; the lack of any birth or residential qualifications; the absurd publicity given to every feature of it by the press; the monstrous partisanships of the crowds.
