Lynn Coady Quotes

I spent so many years in terror of 'making it legal' because the expression rang all too true - the wedding ritual struck me as nothing but a flowery front for the fulfilment of countless, tedious contracts and obligations.

Lynn Coady

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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

Jeremy Bentham

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As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.

Max Beerbohm

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The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

Simone Weil

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It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.

Robert D. Kaplan

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I just don't feel the Olympic spirit.

Dominic Thiem

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Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

Chloe Sevigny

GreatWomanManThinkSomeoneYou

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

Boethius

MusicBehaviorUsOurEitherPart

If something happens to me, the government is co-responsible.

Pim Fortuyn

GovernmentMeSomethingHappens

There's a real art to telling a story in two hours, and that will always be something that people are very, very interested in.

Paul Sparks

ArtPeopleStoryWillRealAlways

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

Tim Robbins

GoodHeartIntelligencePeopleHuman

Altruism, especially involving basic freedoms, can be what shareholders value most.

Richard Grenell

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Calculation has its advantages, but no one likes naked calculation.

Rich Lowry

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