That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
George Gissing
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm a hopeless 19th-century romantic.
John Banville
RomanticHopeless19th-Century
WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience.
Anita Shreve
LifeWomenRomanticMenTravelWar
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
Spike Jonze
MusicTimeFeelYouMoviesExplore
I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
Simon Cowell
GoodI AmUpBreakWellVery
Watching the evening news in 2011 is a strange time-travel experience. 'The CBS Evening News,' 'ABC World News' and 'NBC Nightly News' haven't changed their style over the decades, still going for that old-fashioned mix of voice-of-authority pomp and feel-good fluff. The difference is that people aren't watching.
Rob Sheffield
StyleExperiencePeopleWorldNews
I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.
Liu Xiaobo
TimeCivilizationMy OwnSameOwn
It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.
Judy Collins
LifeSufferingMy LifeTragedyAlive
Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
Bryant H. McGill
PeopleThinkKnowKnowingEvenMost
Actually I did not hold the baby immediately because I was not confident of myself. I was initially nervous to hold him, so I had to wait for a few days before I could a feel of him.
Allu Arjun
MyselfBabyWaitConfidentFeelHim
My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am... I can't win.
Alona Tal
I AmFunMeWinAmericanFriends
All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.
William Shatner
I AmDoingKnowSomethingConstantly
I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
Shakira
PeopleDoingAdmireSheWhatever
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