Cleveland Abbe Quotes
It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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I'm kind of like a bit of everything wrapped into one.
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When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.
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Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
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I knew as well as anyone that the priests taught what they wanted us to know, not necessarily what was true. And sometimes even when they told the truth, they got it wrong.
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I had crushes on women - actually I loved charismatic, extreme people, women or men. By high school I was saying I must be a lesbian, because if you are attracted to women, you're a lesbian. I was also attracted to men, but I didn't get along with men.
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But how shall I excuse it? There are things done which are as holy as the heavens, - which are clear before God as the light of the sun, which leave no stain on the conscience, and which yet the malignity of man can invest with the very blackness of hell!
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Carlos: Manly-Man Training Academy, Butch speaking! … OH! Señor Ortiz! Sí, this is Toni's number. ...¿¡De qué estás hablando?! ¡No! I'm not the father! I'm just the babysitter, I swear! ¿Qué?! You want me to marry your daughter? Well okay, but I'm keeping my own name!
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Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.
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There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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I've always had an uneasy relationship with technology and how it insinuates itself into our lives: for example. I always prefer talking face-to-face with friends than texting or calling, and if I want to get updates on their lives, I don't go to Facebook but meet them in person.
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Life's too mysterious to take too serious.
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If you are pitched into misery, remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.
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Friendship...is like pain. Explaining it is impossible.
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It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.
