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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In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.
Chris Lilley
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As a writer, you're always trying to say the best thing. You're always thinking about what's the best thing to say, and what's the hardest way to say it, and what's the best line? Sometimes the best line is the simplest line. Sometimes the best line is the line that evokes more feeling than actual wordsmithing.
Terrence LeVarr Thornton
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China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain.
Liu Xiaobo
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To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless, you lost the good that lay within your grasp.
Francesco Guicciardini
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If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.
Dalai Lama
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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.
Cyril Connolly
