Cyril Connolly Quotes
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.
Cyril Connolly
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
Jack Lowden
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
Carice van Houten
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
Umberto Eco
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
Carl Honore
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
W. C. Fields
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
Walter Kirn
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
Safra A. Catz
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. White
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
Rachel Tucker
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I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.
Gabrielle Union
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.
Sammy Sosa
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People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.
Archy Ivan Marshall
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Courage is just fear plus prayers plus understanding.
Eddie Albert
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To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child.
E. Stanley Jones
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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.
Cyril Connolly
