V. S. Pritchett Quotes
The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was once part of its nature.
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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I was a tomboy.
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It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable economic policies. We need to keep pushing forward towards a comprehensive solution to the challenges of the eurozone.
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All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.
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I was here, & now, but I was also swimming in the past, living these same motions we'd made so many times before.
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It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve.
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The present has its élan because it is always on the edge of the unknown and one misunderstands the past unless one remembers that this unknown was once part of its nature.
