Margery Allingham Quotes
The nicest people fall in love indiscriminately ... while under the influence of that pre-eminently selfish lunacy they may make the most outrageous demands upon their friends with no other excuse than their painful need.
Margery Allingham
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Good comedy is ageless.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Lao Tzu
I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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Vincent D'Onofrio
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Gabrielle Aplin
Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
Taron Egerton
Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
Kate Upton
It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.
Edward Tufte
Individuals who succeed have a belief in the power of commitment. If there's a single belief that seems almost inseparable from success, it's that there's no great success without commitment. If you look at successful people in any field, you'll find they're not necessarily the best and the brightest, the fastest and the strongest. You'll find they're the ones with the most commitment.
Anthony Robbins
Contrary to what many Westerners believe, Islam has a rich tradition of secular painting in spite of its ban on images. It is only in religious rituals that the use of pictorial representation is totally prohibited.
Fatema Mernissi
I remember when I first started having these interpretations of these images, these cliches of what movie stars are and this and that, and they're egomaniacal pricks and tyrants, but in general, for the most part, they're nice people to tell you the truth.
Leonardo DiCaprio
The nicest people fall in love indiscriminately ... while under the influence of that pre-eminently selfish lunacy they may make the most outrageous demands upon their friends with no other excuse than their painful need.
Margery Allingham
