Margery Allingham Quotes
Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men.
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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Great men marry great women.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
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Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
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If you're happy with who you are, that's going to show, and you don't have to apologize for anything.
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The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that.
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It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
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I went on tour with Beyonce before. I wouldn't mind doing something with her.
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I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
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My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that.
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If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.
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In a city, there's more room to be, where in a small town, you have to squish yourself down a little bit. And it's exciting for me to be pursuing a career where I don't have to be small.
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Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in war it is difficult for normal efforts to achieve even moderate results.
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Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.
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Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.
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Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men.
