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Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Humor was the enemy of desire."

Humor was the enemy of desire.

Arthur C. Clarke

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So I learned then, that gold in it's native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and that only low-born metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that. Mark Twain
Clint Eastwood quote: "If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music."
If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music. Clint Eastwood
My opinion is, that all these old podestas, these ancient condottieri,? for the Cavalcanti have commanded armies and governed provinces,? my opinion, I say, is, that they have buried their millions in corners, the secret of which they have transmitted only to their eldest sons, who have done the same from generation to generation; and the proof of this is seen in their yellow and dry appearance, like the florins of the republic, which, from being constantly gazed upon, have become reflected... Alexander Dumas
And still, what a risk he'd taken. The woman was like an amateur car bomb: you never knew when she would explode or who she would take down with her when she did. Margaret Atwood
Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would always say, 'No, I just want to be an actor.' Wil Wheaton
I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play maybe in the kinds of things I'm interested in or in the way I structure a canvas. Judy Chicago
But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up. Reba McEntire
Frederick Carl Frieseke quote: "Your range of available choices - right now - is limitless."
Your range of available choices - right now - is limitless. Frederick Carl Frieseke
Colley Cibber quote: "Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you."
Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you. Colley Cibber
Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements. Asa Hutchinson
Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find? Wole Soyinka
Oscar Wilde quote: "It is personalities, not principles, that move the age"
It is personalities, not principles, that move the age Oscar Wilde
The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came I almost felt it a disturbance, and rather still wished it had held aloof. Charlotte Bronte
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Back off or the lizard gets it! Ryan Stiles
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There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. Logan P. Smith