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Samuel Butler Quotes

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: british
Birth: December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902

Topics

Ideas Trying Bad Pass Like Most

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

Short I Can Know Now Write Fiction

Neil Young does throw in a major seven chord here and there, so if you're a new guitar player learning Neil Young songs, you'll learn some seven chords, and some different positions. Nothing too complicated, just enough to kind of open up your knowledge a little bit.

Learning Knowledge Guitar Learn You

My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison.

Praise Poison Perhaps

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

Joyce Carol Oates

Life Personality People World Artist

We made 16 episodes of Cracker and I loved doing the show, but unfortunately no one was watching us.

Loved Doing Watching Us Show Made

A lot of what attracted people to Nirvana was that they were like the people you went to high school with.

School People High School You High

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

Work Love Time Money Think Thought

It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.

Good Time Me Good Things Year Now

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

Armstrong Williams

World Problem Terrorism Will Cannot

My boyfriend calls me 'princess', but I think of myself more along the lines of 'monkey' and 'retard'.

Alicia Silverstone

Myself Dating Me Think Princess

I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.

Stuff Ironic Anti

I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties.

Love Think You Thirties Your Even

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