Augustus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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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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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation.
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The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.
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And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of.
Nastassja Kinski -
Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge.
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Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones.
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'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.
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The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.
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I have lost my short-term memory - I'm just getting blonder by the day.
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I feel like I'm worried about my later years in life because I feel like I'm using up so much good karma right now. There's going to be some sort of karmic backlash somewhere down the road.
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When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.
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Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
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Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
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It's time for Republicans to rally behind this campaign in order to put forth the best candidate to stop Hillary Clinton in November. I am confident Ted Cruz is that person, and I'm thrilled to endorse him for president.
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Moving from a first to a second album is an incredibly transitional time for any band because you never get to make one in a vacuum like you did with your debut.
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Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.
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From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city, every village, and every rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
