V. S. Pritchett Quotes
Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and bad cycles and manage to grow their business over a long period of time.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.
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My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.
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God's help, the love of the people, the strength of Denmark.
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In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
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Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
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The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
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Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing.
