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One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare. Douglas Adams
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I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself. Goldwin Smith
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Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first. George Saintsbury
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My father read Dickens out loud. My mother would say 'We're going to the workhouse'. This to me was real. I was headed for the gruel. Simon Schama
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The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go.
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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters. Claire Tomalin
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As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice.
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I come from a working-class background where I was much more likely to read socialist books and leaflets than Bronte or Dickens - neither of whom I've yet read. Jim Crace
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Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.
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I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful. Yo-Yo Ma
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The overcrowding problem is likely to get worse.
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The overall total of nominal sales is likely to remain somewhat weak.
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I'm much more likely to get lynched over 'The Killing' than 'Macbeth.' David Hewson
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Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see that others are giving. The richest people, in particular, should be setting an example. Peter Singer
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If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider. And Establishment support doesn't help; it more likely hurts. Mark McKinnon
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Pre-preproduction is the tenuous time before a project is greenlit; before the studio commits to spending real money. This is the most vulnerable period for any film because it's the time when your project is most likely to be put into turnaround. That's film-speak for killed off. Peter Jackson
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Most likely we'll have two second-round picks next year.
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Most likely it was the snow on the power lines, or a tree on the power line. Kevin McCarthy
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I didn't come from a background of films. I didn't even really ever watch films. The fact is, my parents weren't into that stuff, and neither was I. Emma Watson
neither nor
The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic. Sebastian Horsley
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One thing about them is neither one will give up. They're tenacious, they really are.
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I was taught that the way of progress I neither swift nor easy. Marie Curie
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I have neither been there nor done that Nancy Cartwright
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I don't tolerate insensitivity and neither do they.
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He's been practicing, running some drills and progressing, but he's not 100 percent and I'm not willing to risk it. Neither is his family.
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There is neither Self-knowledge nor Self-perception to those whose senses are not under control. Without Self-perception there is no peace; and without peace there can be no happiness.
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There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. John James Ingalls
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To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required. Andrew Young
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I am shocked. All this is some interpretation of the French, with whom I have never got along.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for. Sam Worthington
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I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach.
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I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand. Tom Lehrer
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The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
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Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you what you are
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I have three sisters, all of whom lead very normal lives. Jane Byrne
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I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?' Azzedine Alaia