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I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
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I believe absence is a great element of charm.
Source: Endymion (1880) -
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
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I can do small things in a great way.
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I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.
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I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
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I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works.
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I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.
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I couldn't enjoy 'A Dance With Dragons,' unfortunately. Of course, I enjoyed it, but it was the first of the books I read as a writer on 'Game of Thrones,' so all I could do is think, 'We're going to have to shift that,' 'We won't be able to afford that,' or 'That's a great scene.'
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.
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I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Source: Joseph Spence, Anecdotes, Observations and Characters, of Books and Men (1820) -
I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Source: Letter to Cassandra (24-12-1798) in Austen - Letters -
I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
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I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.
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I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
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I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
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I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas.
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