Clement Freud Quotes
There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft.
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If you try to create something that everybody can relate to, you're gonna make something that nobody can relate to.
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If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.
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Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.
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I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your place in life is.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet.
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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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I got spoiled on 'Breaking Bad.' Playing the same guy for four or five seasons, you get to really explore who the character is.
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I'm confident with my ability.
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There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.
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You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we can't pass an immigration law until we hit some imaginary security target is just a way to derail reform.
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I got an English degree in college and then went to law school because I didn't know what else to do. I was a lawyer in Houston, Texas. I started writing plays and screenplays, and after about three years of practicing, I decided I would move to Los Angeles and give it a shot.
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Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.
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There's no law that decrees when not to whinge, but you reach a certain age - 80 seems about right - when you're expected to manifest querulousness - the coffee's too hot, the boiled egg's too soft.
