Margery Allingham Quotes
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I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Men who sincerely abhorred the word Communism in the pursuit of common ends found that they were unable to distinguish Communists from themselves…. For men who could not see that what they firmly believed was liberalism added up to socialism could scarcely be expected to see what added up to Communism. Any charge of Communism enraged them precisely because they could not grasp the differences between themselves and those against whom it was made.
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Actors don't have real value.
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Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.
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Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love.
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Love so seldom means happiness.
