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Being Quotes (page 862)

Mark Twain quote: "What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman?..."
What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. Mark Twain
Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen. Margaret J. Wheatley
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it. Joseph Conrad
Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at..."
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. Mark Twain
I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years. Major Owens
There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful. Lena Headey
'Lost Boys' is one of my all-time faves. I just thought it would be great to be a vampire. I remember this movie called 'Once Bitten,' which is about an '80s sort of power girl who became a vampire and was really, like, sexy. Hair like she was from 'Dallas,' shoulder pads, big earrings. Lena Headey
I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business. Lena Headey
Edith Wharton quote: "I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in..."
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Edith Wharton
I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people. Desmond Tutu
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. Cyril Connolly
Cyril Connolly quote: "Literature is the art of writing something that will be read..."
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Cyril Connolly
Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden. Desmond Tutu
Cyril Connolly quote: "Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the..."
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. Cyril Connolly

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