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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You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.
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Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
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It was the greatest thing in the world getting fat. Every meal out was an event. Or we'd go to Italy and we'd have pasta, truffles, and dessert and then plan the next incredible meal. It was a happy-go-lucky time. I never had so much fun.
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Science is an enterprise that should be cherished as an activity of the free human mind. Because it transforms who we are, how we live, and it gives us an understanding of our place in the universe.
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You have to just stay in the happy place.
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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.
