Margery Allingham Quotes
When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of his life almost as tedious as living it had been, and so, possessing a natural invention coupled with a gift for locating the easier path, he began to prevaricate a little upon the second page, working his way up to downright lying on the sixth and subsequent folios.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Nothing is unfilmable.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
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Our goal is always to make games that can move people, that are designed for everybody so the whole family should be able to play it together, and that bring people together and really move them in a way.
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Liking someone doesn't make you weak.
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There's no doubt in my mind that people on the West Coast - L.A. particularly - and the East Coast have no clue at all about what's happening outside their own little bailiwick. And they think everybody is stupid because they are not sophisticated.
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I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.
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My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?
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When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of his life almost as tedious as living it had been, and so, possessing a natural invention coupled with a gift for locating the easier path, he began to prevaricate a little upon the second page, working his way up to downright lying on the sixth and subsequent folios.
