Agnes Repplier Quotes
It is in his pleasures that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Quotes to Explore
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
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The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn't.
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I think people just think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I'm one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff.
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A true yogi may remain dutifully in the world; there, he is like butter on water and not like the easily-diluted milk of unchurned and undisciplined humanity.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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'Little Night' has layers of meaning. There's something enchanted about night. All those heavenly bodies, shooting stars, the crescent moon, celestial phenomenon. Owls fly at night, and first kisses happen. Night is romantic. Alternately, darkness hides the worst of human behavior.
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Besides, my usefulness here is destroyed because all of my friends think me a man of unsound mind.
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It is in his pleasures that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
