Augustine Birrell Quotes
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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I don't favour ethics classes being an alternative to special religious education classes.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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If you're throwing someone off a roof, you're throwing them off the roof. It's there. You don't have to do anything extra with that. The audience is obviously going to react to that because it's such a heightened thing to do. But in the other moments, you really look for ways to craft those, because they're more important, honestly.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
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Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Studies show that Avastin can prolong the lives of patients with late-stage breast and lung cancer by several months when the drug is combined with existing therapies.
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Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care services to many who would otherwise have no other place to go or would end up in an emergency room.
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I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there.
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It's not easy to be the weird kid or the rebel.
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We should be about more than just selling chicken: we should be a part of our customers' lives and the communities in which we serve.
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A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.
